Lavender House and Primrose Lodge

We raised areas of improvement relating to the security and storage of medicines and the disposal of a person's medicine following their expiry date. The provider took immediate action to address these concerns during the inspection.

Staff had received training to administer medicines and their ongoing competencies were reviewed. We observed the administration of medicines and saw this was completed appropriately.

Monthly medicines audits were being completed. A medicines policy was available to support staff in administering medicines.

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services providing support to people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.

The principles of right support, right care, right culture were not assessed at this inspection as not all Key Lines of Enquiry were inspected.