Updated 28 October 2015
At our previous inspection of the service on 20 and 21 May 2015 we found that legal requirements in relation to the safe administration of medicines were not met.
This unannounced focused inspection of Adelaide House took place on 19 August 2015. We inspected the service against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe?
Updated 28 October 2015
Overall summary Adelaide House provides accommodation and personal care, including nursing care, for six people who are living with a brain injury and have complex health needs.
We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 20 and 21 May 2015. A breach of legal requirements was found. People’s medicines were not always managed safely. There were no written guidelines for staff about a person’s ‘as required’ medicines. There was a risk that the person may not have always received these medicines when they needed them. In addition, stocks of ‘as required’ medicines were not monitored and there was a risk they may not be available when people needed them. In addition, people’s care records did not include information about how their medicines were reviewed to ensure they were still safe and appropriate for them.
We issued the provider with a warning notice to ensure improvements were made. We undertook this inspection on 19 August 2015 to check whether the service now met legal requirements in relation to the administration of people’s medicines.
At this inspection we found improvements had been made. People’s records included detailed guidance for staff on how to support people to receive their ‘as required’ medicines’ safely as prescribed.
A member of staff showed us a recent audit of stocks of medicines. There were adequate stocks of all the medicines people had been prescribed. A senior manager told us about the arrangements which were now in place to review people’s medicines.
This report only covers our findings in relation to this topic. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for ‘Adelaide House’ on our website at www.cqc.org.uk