The Beach

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 6 May 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 6 to 17 March 2025. The assessment was carried out to follow up on previous breaches. The service is a residential care home providing support for up to 10 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. We identified breaches of the regulations relating to staffing and a repeated breach in relation to the oversight of the service. While some improvements had been made following the previous inspection the providers oversight remained not entirely effective. The provider was previously in breach of the regulations in relation to person centred care and consent. Improvements were found at this assessment and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations. There were enough staff to meet people’s needs. However, some staff were working excessive hours contrary to the organisation’s policy and this had not been identified prior to the inspection. Not all staff had received training in the administration of medicines. Medicine competency assessments were out of date. Restrictive practices were not regularly reviewed to ensure they remained proportionate and the least restrictive option. The environment was arranged to meet people’s needs. There was an ongoing programme of refurbishment. Any incidents were documented and used as an opportunity for learning. Staff were person-centred in their approach and there was a shared ethos of supporting people to develop their independence. People were given information about risk to support them to make