Archived: Alexandra

Updated 1 May 2015

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. The inspections checked whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and looked at the overall quality of the service.

This inspection was to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the provider after our comprehensive inspection on 3 and 4 November 2014 had been made.

We inspected this service against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe. This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.

This focused inspection took place on 9 April 2015 and was unannounced. The inspection team consisted of an adult social care inspector.

At the time of our inspection there were 37 people living in the home.

We looked at other areas of the home including some people’s bedrooms, communal bathrooms and lounge areas. We spent some time looking at documents and records in relation to cleanliness and infection control.

During our inspection we spoke with three people who used the service, one relative and four members of staff, which included the house keeper and the registered manager.

Updated 1 May 2015

We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 3 and 4November 2014 in which breaches of the legal requirements were found.

This report relates to these three breaches. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for ‘Alexandra’ on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Alexandra is registered to provide nursing and residential care for a maximum of 47 people. The service is situated in the Thrybergh area of Rotherham.

At the time of our inspection the service had a registered manager in post. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

We carried out this focused inspection on 9 April 2015 to ensure improvements planned by the provider had been implemented to address this breach of Regulation. We found that action had been taken to improve safety in relation to cleanliness and infection control.

We completed a tour of the premises, looking at bathrooms, toilets, bedrooms and communal living areas. We found the home to be clean and tidy, although some areas of the home were in need of redecoration.

We saw some toilet floors had a gap around the bases of the toilet, which made cleaning the floor very difficult. We raised this with the registered manager who told us that new flooring was on order for one shower room and three toilets.

Cleaning schedules were available and up to date, showing cleaning had been completed.

We will review our rating for this service at our next comprehensive inspection to ensure the improvements made and planned continue to be implemented and have been embedded into practice.