Direct Health (Stockton on Tees)

80-82 Norton Road, Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 2DE

North East · Stockton-on-Tees · domiciliary

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

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

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2018-05-02Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementDirect Health received a 'Requires Improvement' rating because whilst staff were caring and effective, the service had significant failings in medicines management and risk assessment. Medication records were inaccurate and incomplete, the service lacked robust systems to monitor current medicines, and risk assessments did not always exist or contain sufficient detail to guide staff safely. Additionally, quality audits failed to identify these concerns.
2017-03-22UnratedUnratedUnrated
2016-11-19UnratedUnratedUnrated
2016-08-09UnratedUnratedUnrated
2015-12-17UnratedUnratedUnrated
2015-12-09UnratedUnratedUnrated
2015-01-06UnratedUnratedUnrated
2014-04-12UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-11-20UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-02-02UnratedUnratedUnrated
2012-04-19UnratedUnratedUnrated
Direct Health (Stockton on Tees) — CQC Monitor