Leys Park Care Home

1. To protect people’s health and wellbeing, the provider should ensure that people experience safe and effective support with medication. In order to achieve this the provider should ensure suitably detailed protocols are in place, and adhered to, to inform the consistent and appropriate administration of medication that is prescribed on an 'as required' basis. This is in order to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standard (HSCS) which states that: "Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective" (HSCS 1.24).

1. To support the health, welfare and safety of people who use the service the provider should ensure slings are clearly named and used for the individual they were assessed for. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state: "I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice" (HSCS 4.11).

2. To promote dignity and comfort people should be provided with good quality bedding. Where bedding has become significantly worn this should be replaced. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state: "I am able to access a range of good quality equipment and furnishings to meet my needs, wishes and choices" (HSCS 5.21).

1. In order to promote ongoing improvement managers should effectively lead information sharing across the staff team. This should include leading discussions and ensuring written communication is reflective of these. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "My care and support is consistent and stable because people work together well" (HSCS, 3.19) .

2. In order to support health and wellbeing the service should promote a culture of responsive and continuous improvement. In order to do this the provider should ensure that people's views, suggestions, and choices are gathered on a regular basis and used to inform improvement planning. This is to ensure that my care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I can be meaningfully involved in how the organisations that support and care for me work and develop" (HSCS 4.6) and "I am supported to give regular feedback on how I experience my care and support and the organisation uses learning from this to improve" (HSCS 4.8).

1. In order to promote safety the provider should ensure staff are recruited safely, in line with safer recruitment guidance. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I am confident that people who support and care for me have been appropriately and safely recruited" (HSCS 4.24).

2. In order to promote choice and wellbeing the provider should ensure systems used to assess staffing are regularly reviewed in line with people's needs and wishes. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "People have time to support and care for me and to speak with me" (HSCS 3.16) and "I am confident that people respond promptly, including when I ask for help" (HSCS, 3.17).

1. In order to maintain safety and promote independance the provider should ensure the garden space is a safe area for people to use, including those with cognitive impairments. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "My environment is safe and secure" (HSCS 5.19) and "If I live in a care home I can use the private garden" (HSCS 5.25).