The Beeches Care Home

“Date of assessment: 25 November – 12 December 2025. We visited the service on 25 November 2025 and reviewed the care and support people received along with their care records and management information. The Beeches Care Home is a 'care home’ and provides residential care to older people. Some people using the service were living with dementia. The Beeches Care Home can accommodate up to 32 people. On the day of inspection there were 28 people living in the service. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing and/or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement dependent on their registration with us. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. We carried out this assessment under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. We checked whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act.”

“Accidents and incidents were reviewed and analysed to identify learning and areas for improvement. Lessons learned were shared at staff team meetings. The provider made referrals to the local Safeguarding Adults team when there were concerns about people’s safety, however CQC were not informed about all incidents where safeguarding referrals had been made. We discussed this with the provider and they agreed to review and reflect on their processes. Safeguarding policies and procedures were available to the staff. The provider and management team acknowledged they were in the process of reviewing and updating people’s care plans and risk assessments. Current care plans did identify people’s care needs and risks. However, where care plans had been reviewed, we recognised they were more in-depth and personalised when compared to care plans which had not yet been reviewed. We reviewed recruitment processes and were assured members of staff were recruited safely. We observed, however, there were times where deployment of members of staff was not as effective as it could be. For example, throughout the morning of our inspection there were limited numbers of staff in the main lounge area and minimal engagement for people. We made the management team aware and in the afternoon deployment of members of staff was much improved and we observed a range of interactions and engagements activities for people carried out by members of staff. The care home was clean, tidy and well-maintained. Personal protective equipment (PPE) was available throughout the care environment and stock was reordered when supplies were low. Members of staff accessed infection prevention and control (IPC) training and 3 members of staff had been trained as IPC champions. Medications were managed, on the whole, safely. We identified pain patch rotation charts and patch body maps were not always completed in line with guidance. This area for improvement had been identified by the provider in their medication audit.”