Birmingham care home which saw an accident on its premises 'needs to improve'
A Kings Norton care home which was inspected partly due to an accident involving one of its service users has been told it requires improvement.
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Sense, in Station Road, provides care for up to nine people, some with a learning disability and was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) between January 27 and February 18.
The report found the home, which had eight people living there at the time of the inspection, good in three areas: Responsive; caring and effective.
But it was marked as 'Requires Improvement' in three other areas: Safety; well led and overall.
The report said: "The inspection was prompted in part by a notification of an incident following which a person using the service was injured.
"This incident is subject to further investigation by CQC as to whether any regulatory action should be taken. As a result, this inspection did not examine the circumstances of the incident.
"We found one breach of regulation in relation to good governance.
"The provider had governance systems in place to monitor and improve the quality of the service; however, these were not always effective or timely regarding the oversight of risk, and some safety aspects of the environment."
It found care to be person centred and that people with a learning disability or who were autistic were treated with equality, dignity and given choices and independence.
There were enough staff to support people and meet their needs and recruitment practice was safe.
The provider has been asked for an action plan to address the issues which require improvement.
