10 July 2014
During an inspection looking at part of the service
We did not speak to patients' about the recruitment and selection of staff. We did however, look at four staff records in the provider's head office in Addlestone and spoke with two staff. We found the provider carried out appropriate checks on staff to ensure they were suitable to work with vulnerable adults. The provider had appropriate recruitment and selection processes in place. Staff files contained all the information required by regulation and schedule.
At our last inspection on 18 February 2014, we found that the provider was not adequately maintaining the confidentiality of patient's records. Archived files were being stored behind Addlestone Health Centre's reception desk. This meant that the records were not secure and the provider was not adequately maintaining the confidentiality of patients' personal care records. Since then, the provider had built a separate locked office in which all patients' records were stored securely. All archived and current records were stored in a purpose built room accessible only to the provider's staff.