Gorsefield Residential Home

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 12 March 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 28 January 2025. The service is a residential care home providing support to older people including those living with dementia. At the time of this inspection 17 people were living at Gorsefield Residential Care Home. At our last inspection we found 2 breaches of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and governance. We issued the provider with a warning notice instructing them when they needed to be compliant with the law. As a result, we undertook this inspection looking at the quality statements in safe and well led only. At this inspection the provider had made improvements. They were no longer in breach of regulation. The provider had revisited their quality monitoring procedures. These were effective and were overseen by the nominated individuals. A nominated individual is a person with legal responsibility of the service along with the registered manager. People were safe from avoidable harm. The provider had made changes to the physical environment to support the safe provision of care. People were supported promptly as there were enough staff. People received their medicines as prescribed. People understood their care and treatment to enable them to give informed consent. Where people did not have the capacity to consent to care, staff involved those important to them, to assist in making decisions in the person’s best interest. Managers were visible and supportive. Staff felt supported to give feedback and were treated equally. Staff understood their roles and responsibilities.