Latest Inspection
This is the latest available inspection report for this service, carried out on 19th July 2010. it is an annual review prepared by CQC after examining previous reports and information from the provider. At the time of this report, CQC judged the service to be Excellent.
The inspector made no statutory requirements on the home as a result of this inspection
and there were no outstanding actions from the previous inspection report.
For extracts, read the latest CQC inspection for Pinta.
Annual service review
Name of Service: Pinta The quality rating for this care home is: The rating was made on: three star excellent service A quality rating is our assessment of how well a care home, agency or scheme is meeting the needs of the people who use it. We give a quality rating following a full review of the service. We call this review a ‘key’ inspection We do an annual service review when there has been no key inspection of the service in the last 12 months. It does not involve a visit to the service but is a summary of new information given to us, or collected by us, since the last key inspection or annual service review.
Has this annual service review changed our opinion of the service?
No You should read the last key inspection report for this service to get a full picture of how well outcomes for the people using the service are being met. The date by which we will do a key inspection: Name of inspector: Amanda Longman Date of this annual service review: 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 Annual Service Review Page 1 of 6 Information about the service
Address of service: 548 Reading Road Winnersh Berkshire RG41 5HA 01189783246 Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address:
grahame.dillon@atlas.plus.com Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Mr Graham Melvil Kenyon Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : learning disability Conditions of registration: Atlas Project Team Ltd Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 3 0 The maximum number of service users who can be accommodated is: 3 The registered person may provide the following category of service only: Care home only - PC to service users of the following gender: Either whose primary care needs on admission to the home are within the following category: Learning disability - LD Have there been any changes in the ownership, management or the Yes service’s registration details in the last 12 months? If yes, what have they been: The home is currently without a registered manager. Date of last key inspection: Date of last annual service review (if applicable): Brief description of the service Pinta offers twenty-four hour residential care to three adult service users, who have learning disabilities. The building is owned by a housing association and the care is provided by The Atlas Project Team Ltd. The house is a single storied building with all the accommodation on the ground floor. It is situated a few miles from the towns of Wokingham and Reading and there are shopping and leisure facilities within walking
Annual Service Review Page 2 of 6 distance of the home. The home has its own vehicle and there is easy access to public transport, both trains and buses. Fees at the time of our last inspection were 1788.69 pounds per week. Annual Service Review Page 3 of 6 Service update since the last key inspection or annual service review:
What did we do for this annual service review? We looked at the annual quality assurance assessment (AQAA) that was sent to us by the service. The AQAA is a self-assessment that focuses on how well outcomes are being met for people using the service. It also gave us some numerical information about the home. We looked at what the home has told us about things that have happened in the service, these are called notifications and are a legal requirement. We looked at the previous key inspection and annual service review and the results of any other visits that we have made to the service in the last 12 months. We looked to see if we had any relevant information, given to us by other organisations. At the time of writing this review, we had not received any completed surveys from people who live or work at Pinta. What has this told us about the service? We received the annual quality assurance assessment on or before the date it was due back. It gave us a lot of information about how the home supports the people who live at the home but it did not give us a great deal of information about their plans for the future, mainly referring to continuing their current approach.We looked at the information in the AQAA and our judgement is that the home is still providing an excellent service. The AQAA noted the home listens to the views of the people who live there and involves them in the running of the home, for example in domestic chores, shopping and meal preparation. The home treats people as individuals and supports people to take risks to live the life they choose. People who live there enjoy a variety of planned hobbies, such as swimming, cycling and rambling but are also able to undertake impromptu activities such as trips to the pub or the cinema. At the time the AQAA was completed, each of the people who live there were being supported to plan their own foreign holiday. The home is domestic and comfortable and the decor in peoples rooms is that of their own choice. The garden now includes a vegetable patch and a summer house. The home does not use agency staff and has a high staff ratio, including two waking night staff. Turnover is low and the staff are well qualified with approximately 86 per cent of staff qualified to NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) level 2 or above. During the course of preparing this Annual Service Review, we noted that the home is currently without a registered manager. Atlas Project Team have informed us that a new manager, who is currently registered with us to manage another of Atlas homes, Annual Service Review Page 4 of 6 is applying to be the registered manager of Pinta. This person is currently waiting for his disclosure to be returned from the Criminal Records Bureau so that he can submit his full application to us. The Commission has received no information with regard to complaints or safeguarding issues about this service. From the evidence available, it is our judgement that the home continues to provide excellent outcomes for people who live there. What are we going to do as a result of this annual service review? We are not going to change our inspection plan. However we can inspect the home at any time if we have concerns about the quality of the service or the safety of the people using it. Annual Service Review Page 5 of 6 Reader Information
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