St Albans House

12 The Grove, Deal, CT14 9TL

South East · Kent · residential

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
Effective
Requires improvement
Responsive
Requires improvement

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2017-06-03Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementSt Albans House received a 'Requires Improvement' rating because whilst staff were caring and people felt safe, the service had significant shortfalls in risk assessment, medicine management, recruitment procedures and leadership. Key issues included lack of detailed risk guidance for staff, unsafe medicine recording practices, inconsistent recruitment checks, and ineffective quality assurance systems that failed to identify these problems.
2015-10-12UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-07-26UnratedUnratedUnrated
2012-12-25UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-11-28UnratedUnratedUnrated