Brendon Lodge

Date of Assessment: 5 to 18 December 2024. The service is a residential care home providing personal care that can accommodate up to 9 people. This is a specialist service for people with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum, physical disability and sensory impairment. At the time of our assessment 8 people were living at the service. We undertook this responsive assessment following information of concern we received about the service. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. People’s risk assessments were person-centred detailing steps for staff to follow to keep people safe. Staff ensured the care home environment was safe and clean. People engaged in activities both at the service and in the community and had opportunities to offer feedback regarding the care they received. We identified 1 breach of legal regulation in relation to failure to notify CQC of all safeguarding incidents. The registered manager had ensured people’s safety, following concerns and had raised a safeguarding alert to the local authority however had not always informed CQC as required. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found in this assessment.