Applegarth Care Home

Social Care Org · South East

Overall Rating
Requires Improvement Last inspected 27 September 2017
Domain Ratings
Safe
Good
Effective
Requires Improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Requires Improvement
Well-led
Requires Improvement

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4 must-do actions
5 should-do actions

Must-Do Actions (4)

Legal requirements based on regulation breaches identified during inspection.

Must Do
Effective
The provider must ensure that there are records of best interest meetings that involve the person, their relatives or other health professionals, to look at the least restrictive options.
Regulation 11 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Need for consent
There were no records of best interest meetings that involved the person, their relatives or other health professionals, to look at the least restrictive options.
Must Do
Well-led
The provider must ensure that accurate, complete and up to date records are maintained in respect of people who use the service.
Regulation 17 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Good governance
The service did not maintain accurate, complete and up to date records in respect of people who used the service.
Must Do
Well-led
The provider must ensure that the service's quality assurance system is effective in identifying when quality and safety is being compromised.
Regulation 17 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Good governance
The service's quality assurance system was ineffective in identifying when quality and safety was being compromised.
Must Do
Well-led
The provider must ensure that managerial staff are appropriately supported and obtain further qualifications that would enable them to perform their job role.
Regulation 18 HSCA RA Regulations 2014 Staffing
The provider did not make sure managerial staff was appropriately supported and obtained further qualifications that would enable them to perform their job role.

Should-Do Actions (5)

Recommended improvements to enhance service quality.

Should Do
Safe
The service to seek current guidance on how to respond promptly to findings from medicines audit.
Should Do
Effective
The service to seek current guidance in relation to pain protocols for people who find it difficult to communicate.
Should Do
Responsive
The service to seek nationally evidence-based guidance for how to carry out reviews of care.
Should Do
Responsive
The service to seek current guidance on how to make sure initial assessments are easily accessible and available in people's care records.
Should Do
Responsive
The service seek current practice and best practice on how to display information for people with a disability or sensory loss.

Previous Inspection (9 September 2015)

Rating: Good Type: Focused inspection Actions: 2 must-do
1 resolved 1 repeated
Location Details
CQC ID: 1-108591793
Local Authority: Slough
Region: South East
Inspection Report
Type: Comprehensive inspection
Date: 27 September 2017
Rating: Requires Improvement
Actions: 4 must-do , 5 should-do
AI-extracted 17 Feb 2026