Care Home in Warwickshire rated as adequate

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Haven House Residential Home in Warwick it must make improvements or face enforcement action. During an unannounced inspection in October, inspectors found that the home was failing to provide care which was safe, effective, caring, responsive or well led. A full report of this inspection has been published on the CQC website. Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all adult social care services are being given a rating to help people choose care. Overall Haven House Residential Home has been rated as Inadequate. The report identified a number of areas where improvements are required: The provider must ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to cover unplanned staff absences. The home needs to operate an effective quality assurance monitoring system. The provider must ensure premises are maintained to provide a suitable and safe environment. Resident and staff records need to be stored more securely. The provider must ensure an effective system to prevent and control the risks of infection is put in place. Improvements regarding the home’s management of medicines are required. An effective staff recruitment process needs to be implemented to ensure staff are suitable and of good character. Sue Howard, Interim Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, said: “We found that the care provided at Haven House Residential Home fell short of what we expect services to provide. We have told the home they must take action to resolve the issues we identified. "Although many people said staff treated them with kindness and compassion, we found examples where people’s needs had not been met and where people had not been protected against risks associated with cleanliness and infection control. We also found that the service’s recruitment processes and record keeping needed to be improved. “We have made it clear that we will return to the home to check that the necessary improvements have been made. If not, we will take further action to make sure people living there receive care which is safe, effective, caring and responsive to their needs.”