Brighton Lodge

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 8 August 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Brighton Lodge is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 9 people. The service provides support to people with a learning disability and autistic people. At the time of our assessment there were 8 people using the service. We carried out our on-site activity on 06 and 08 February 2024. We assessed 6 quality statements. 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 most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the statutory guidance which supports CQC to make assessments and judgements. People’s independence, choice and control was encouraged and respected. We found three breaches of the legal regulations in relation to staff training, recruitment practices and governance. The provider had failed to operate effective systems to assess, monitor and improve the service. Staff training was not up to date and supervisions and appraisals had not been completed for 12 months. Procedures were not always operated effectively to ensure safe recruitment of staff. We observed positive interactions between staff and people, which showed staff knew people well. You can find more details of our concerns in the evidence category findings.