critical“One of the five staff files we looked at did not have a DBS in place until nine days after they officially started work.”
moderate“Application forms and employment histories were incomplete and did not always detail specific dates staff worked for previous employers.”
governance
1 finding
critical“The provider did not have a robust recruitment procedure in place.”
staff competency
1 finding
moderate“Where new staff had previously worked in health and social care settings, the provider had not sought satisfactory evidence of conduct in, or the reason staff left their previous employment”
medication management
1 finding
moderate“We looked at both records for one month and found there were three dates which had been left blank on both records.”
infection control
1 finding
moderate“staff were testing for COVID-19 once a week. At the time of the inspection, national guidance required staff in health and social care settings to complete asymptomatic testing for Covid-19 twice weekly”
incident learning
1 finding
minor“There had not been any incidents recorded where things had gone wrong. The provider was therefore unable to demonstrate any lessons learnt.”
leadership
1 finding
moderate“The registered manager had not understood the requirements of legislation regarding recruitment procedures and we found staff files did not include all the required information.”