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Nationwide Care Services (Erdington), Erdington, Birmingham.

Nationwide Care Services (Erdington) in Erdington, Birmingham is a Homecare agencies and Supported living specialising in the provision of services relating to caring for adults over 65 yrs, caring for adults under 65 yrs, caring for children (0 - 18yrs), dementia, mental health conditions, personal care, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The last inspection date here was 14th March 2019

Nationwide Care Services (Erdington) is managed by Nationwide Care Services Ltd who are also responsible for 3 other locations

Contact Details:

    Address:
      Nationwide Care Services (Erdington)
      704 Chester Road
      Erdington
      Birmingham
      B23 5TE
      United Kingdom
    Telephone:
      01212710300
    Website:

Ratings:

For a guide to the ratings, click here.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-Led: Good
Overall: Good

Further Details:

Important Dates:

    Last Inspection 2019-03-14
    Last Published 2019-03-14

Local Authority:

    Birmingham

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Inspection Reports:

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11th February 2019 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

About the service: Nationwide Care Services (Erdington) provides personal care to adults living in their own homes. At the time of the inspection, 113 people were using the service who needed assistance with their personal care.

People’s experience of using this service: People told us they received a good service and felt safe. Accidents and incidents were recorded and investigated, and risk assessments were in place. The registered manager understood their responsibilities with regard to safeguarding and staff had been appropriately trained. Arrangements were in place for the safe administration of medicines.

There were enough staff on duty to meet the needs of people. The provider had an effective recruitment and selection procedure in place, and carried out relevant vetting checks when they employed staff. Staff were suitably trained and received regular supervisions and appraisals.

People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives, and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible. The policies and systems in the service supported this practice.

People’s needs were assessed before they started using the service. Staff treated people with dignity and respect and helped to maintain people’s independence by encouraging them to care for themselves where possible.

The provider had a complaints procedure in place, and people were aware of how to make a complaint. One family member raised some concerns with us. The registered manager was aware of the concerns and they were being dealt with via the complaints process.

An effective quality assurance process was in place. People and staff were regularly consulted about the quality of the service.

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

Rating at last inspection: This was the first inspection of this service.

Why we inspected: This was a planned inspection.

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

 

 

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