CQC say Whitby care home is Outstanding

Published: 7 August 2018 Page last updated: 7 August 2018
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The Care Quality Commission has found the care being provided at Moorview House, Whitby, to be Outstanding following an inspection in March and April this year.

Moorview House is a care home, providing personal care, but also provides care in supported living services in the Whitby and Scarborough area. At the time of the inspection eight people were being cared for in the home and 36 people received care in the supported living setting.

Moorview House was rated as Outstanding overall and for being caring and well-led, and Good for being safe, effective and responsive.

Read the full report of the inspection

Debbie Westhead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care said:

“We received amazing feedback about the staff and the management of this Outstanding service. We heard about and saw great efforts being made to ensure people were engaged with their care and were enabled to achieve their life goals. The service and its desire to support people to live full lives was clearly of benefit to the people using the service.

“There was a real emphasis on continual learning and development, improving the service to better care for people and helping staff with new oportunities.

“We found a deep commitment and passionate delivery of person-centred care at Moorview House, with staff and the provider investing time to learn about people’s needs and develop ways to support them safely. A truly Outstanding service.”

Some of the findings from the inspection included:

  • keen to utilise technology, the provider developed a software package to support the service’s quality assurance and the management of people’s care
  • the service conducted case studies to help identify potential risks to people and how they could be managed to prevent unsafe care
  • people were supported by regular teams of care workers, ensuring care continuity
  • the provider was consistent when involving people and staff in decisions affecting the running of the service

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We heard about and saw great efforts being made to ensure people were engaged with their care and were enabled to achieve their life goals.

Debbie Westhead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care

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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.