St Stephens Care Home

St Stephens Care Home provides personal and nursing care for up to 40 people across two units, with one specialising in dementia care. At inspection, 23 people were living at the service. The home has made some improvements to governance systems, though environmental risks remain inadequately managed. Issues include unsafe storage of items, security concerns, and gaps in fire safety checks. Staff deployment was inconsistent, and not all staff had received appropriate induction training and supervision. Health and safety checks had not been fully completed.

Medicines are generally managed safely and infection prevention systems are in place. Some improvements have been made to safeguarding procedures to protect people from abuse. However, the premises require further work to become dementia-friendly, with areas needing refurbishment. The provider had not fully addressed issues identified at the previous inspection, and additional oversight is needed to ensure safe management of environmental risks and consistent staff deployment across the service.