Alton House

22 Sunrise Avenue, Hornchurch, RM12 4YS

London · Havering · residential

Inadequate

Key question ratings

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

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2020-02-29InadequatenewUnratedInadequateAlton House received an Inadequate rating because it failed to ensure people's safety through inadequate risk assessments and medicine management, with serious concerns including the misuse of patients' prescribed medicines for staff use. Leadership and governance systems were ineffective at identifying and addressing critical safeguarding and safety breaches. Although the home had sufficient staffing and good infection control, these improvements were insufficient to overcome the fundamental failures in safe care and treatment.
2019-09-25UnratedUnratedUnrated