Margaret's Rest Home

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 19 May 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

This assessment commenced on 29 January 2026, when inspectors visited the care home. We

continued to review information and communicate with the provider after this and finished the

assessment on 12 March 2026.

The reason for this assessment was to follow up on the 3 breaches of 3 legal regulations which

were found in our previous assessment, in March 2025. Those breaches were in relation to safe

storage and management of medications, managing risks, restrictive practices and oversight of

the service.

We found during this assessment, that the concerns relating to safe storage of medication had

been addressed and resolved. We found improvement in relation to managing risks and

restrictive practices; however, we were not assured that the concerns relating to management of

medications and oversight of the service had been addressed. In addition, we found concerns in

relation to infection prevention and control.

The provider did not always have systems to effectively manage medications, and where these

were in place, they were not embedded effectively. There continued to be poor practice around

medication management.

The provider did not always have effective systems in place to ensure robust oversight of the

service, including infection prevention and control, and where systems where in place, they were

not completed effectively.

We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.