The Old Forge
Mill Road, Slapton, LU7 9BT
South East · Buckinghamshire · residential
Requires improvement
Key question ratings
- Safe
- Inadequate
- Caring
- Requires improvement
- Well-led
- Requires improvement
- Effective
- Requires improvement
- Responsive
- Requires improvement
Inspection history
| Published | Overall | Change | Transition | AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-21 | Requires improvement | new | Unrated→Requires improvement | The Old Forge received a 'Requires Improvement' rating because the service was fundamentally unsafe due to insufficient staffing levels that prevented staff from properly managing identified risks, particularly around eating and swallowing support and moving/handling care. Key areas of concern included inadequate recruitment practices, poor management of infection control risks, care plans that were not person-centred or regularly updated, and an overextended registered manager trying to lead two locations effectively. Whilst staff were caring and well-trained, systemic management and governance failures meant the service could not deliver safe, effective person-centred care. |
| 2014-01-29 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2013-03-13 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — |