Christian Head

Silver Street, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4HA

North West · Westmorland and Furness · residential

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

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

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2015-04-24Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementChristian Head received a 'Requires improvement' rating because of critical failures in staffing levels, incomplete care planning, and ineffective quality monitoring systems. While staff were observed to be caring and people reported feeling safe and well cared for, there were insufficient staff on duty at certain times (particularly during shift handovers), care records lacked up-to-date information, and the management's informal quality auditing approach failed to identify or address these gaps.
2013-10-17UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-02-23UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-10-25UnratedUnratedUnrated