Roden Hall Nursing Home

We found the following examples of good practice. • The proposed extension to the designated unit was clean, hygienic and uncluttered. Daily cleaning schedules were in place and checked by the registered manager to ensure compliance. • A visiting policy was in place. Visitors were required to complete a COVID-19 screening questionnaire, temperature checks were undertaken prior to entry and they were required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in line with current guidance. Individual risk assessments were completed for those who were permitted visitors due to exceptional circumstances. • Arrows were used on the floor of wide corridors to promote a one way system and encourage social distancing in line with current guidance. • People were supported by staff who were trained in infection prevention and control (IPC) and wore PPE in line with current guidance. The provider had produced a video to support staff with donning and doffing PPE which they had updated to ensure it was in line with current guidance. • The provider had developed information cards which provided staff with concise information to ensure support was provided in line with current COVID-19 guidance. • Staff risk assessments were undertaken and where staff were identified as being at higher risk of infection, measures were put in place to mitigate the risks.

We were not assured that the additional beds proposed met good infection prevention and control guidelines specifically as a designated care setting. This was due to the unit not being ready to accept people who had tested positive for COVID-19 in a way that ensured they would be zoned separately to people already residing in the home who had not tested positive for COVID-19.

The five questions we ask about services and what we found