About the service: Inheritance Medical is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to older adults, older adults living with dementia and younger adults with a physical disability living in their own houses.

People’s experience of using this service:

• People were safe. Staff were trained in how to recognise signs of abuse and were clear on how to report concerns.

• Risk assessments were in place and regularly updated to ensure safe care.

• Medicines were managed safely, and people received their medicines when they needed them.

• Safe recruitment processes ensured only suitable people were employed by the service. Staff were well supported and had received training that ensured they had the skills they needed to do their job.

• People were protected from infection by staff who understood the importance of thorough handwashing and maintaining a clean environment alongside using protective personal equipment (PPE).

• Person centred care plans were reviewed regularly and included people’s lifestyle choices, religion and culture. People and their relatives were fully involved in the planning of their care. The registered manager regularly delivered care themselves, this meant they maintained good oversight of the quality of the service and changes in peoples needs.

• People could be assured that they would be supported with enough to eat and drink. Likes, dislikes, cultural needs and specialist support were all considered and planned into care.

• People were supported by staff who were kind, caring and respected people’s privacy and dignity.

• People were receiving care and treatment in line with guidance and the law and were supported in the least restrictive way possible with their choices respected.

• There was an open and honest culture and a complaints procedure was in place. When a concern was raised it was managed promptly and professionally.

• Information could be made available in different formats such as large print and easy read for people who needed it to ensure they were fully informed about their care.

Rating at last inspection: The service was new, this was a first comprehensive inspection.

Why we inspected: This was a scheduled first inspection. The service is rated good overall.

Follow up: We will continue to monitor the service through the information we receive until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If any information of concern is received, we may inspect sooner.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk