26 September 2012
The Care Quality Commission has found that Fairfield House Health Care Limited has taken action to make urgent improvements at a care home in Lyme Regis.
CQC had issued a formal warning to Fairfield House following an unannounced visit by inspectors to the care home in Charmouth Road, Lyme Regis in August.
At the time, inspectors found that the home had failed to ensure that it had a system in place for the safe administration of medication.
- Records intended to show when people had been administered medication were not reliable.
- Staff did not have guidance on when to dispense medicines as required and there was evidence that some medication was given to people when it was not required.
More details of CQC’s findings at that time can be found in the full inspection report, which was recently published on www.cqc.org.uk.
Inspectors returned last week to check that the notice had been complied with. The full report from that inspection will be published on the CQC website.
Ian Biggs, deputy director of CQC in the South said: “The law says that these are the standards that everyone should be able to expect. Providers have a duty to ensure they are compliant.
“Our inspectors willkeep Fairfield House under review. Following our intervention, the provider has taken steps to tackle the issues which we unearthed. We will continue to monitor the home closely to make sure that the improvements which have been made are sustained.”
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For further information please contact the CQC press office on 0207 448 9401 or out of hours on 07917 232 143.
Notes to editors
CQC will publish further details of the inspectors’ findings on its website. http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/1-114039108
The warning notices find that Fairfield House Health Care Ltd was in breach of:
- Regulation 13, Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010, (outcome 9) Management of Medicines.
If the required improvements are not made within a set timescale, CQC has a range of enforcement powers which include restricting the services that a provider can offer, or, in the most serious cases, suspending or cancelling a service. CQC can also issue financial penalty notices and cautions or prosecute the provider for failing to meet essential standards. Any regulatory decision that CQC takes is open to challenge by a registered person through a variety of internal and external appeal processes.
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