Buckingham Care Home

“Buckingham Care Home is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care to older people, some of whom are living with dementia. The service can support up to 72 people over 2 floors and 4 units, each with a separate dining room and lounge. At the time of this inspection there were 34 people living at Buckingham and two units were being used at the service. We rated this service under our previous methodology on 7 March 2023, where it was inspected and rated requires improvement overall. We found two breaches of regulations relating to good governance and infection control. We carried out this assessment on 20 February 2024. We looked at all the quality statements under the key questions, Safe, Effective and Well-led. We also looked at the following quality statements, Independence, choice and control and Equity in experiences and outcomes. We found the provider had met the requirements of the regulations and was no longer in breach. However, we found further improvement was required in some areas.”

“We found the service rated requires improvement overall.”