Highlands Care Ltd

“We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and 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 supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.”

“At the time of our assessment the service was not providing support to people with a learning disability and autistic people. However, we found the provider was meeting the principles of Right support, right care, right culture and staff were appropriately trained.”

“People were kept safe by staff that had good knowledge of their responsibilities to protect people from harm or abuse. Staff knew the signs to recognise abuse and the procedure to report any concerns. Risks to people were identified, assessed and plans were put in place to ensure risks were minimised and people were kept safe. People received their medicines as prescribed, and the management of medicines was safe. Appropriate recruitment checks were completed and there was enough staff available to meet people’s care and support needs. People were supported to live safely and had support to access health and social care professionals when required. People’s needs were assessed, and support was provided that met their individual requirements.”