We are delighted to announce our recent CQC inspection report for Corner Cottage has been rated “Good” in all 5 key areas. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication our team there has put into keeping people safe and well looked after during the Covid-19 pandemic.Our team at Corner Cottage, led by Sally and Bob, have gone over and above to ensure they are leading by example and supporting the whole home to thrive.The CQC visit took place on the 28th April 2021. Some of the comments represented in the report are..Throughout the inspection we observed positive interactions …
We are proud to announce that Apple House care homes and Quality Compliance Systems are now working in Partnership. We pride ourselves in striving to keep professionally updated and implementing the highest quality practices to produce the best possible outcomes for the people we support. We recognise as a company that working with the people who can specialise in the best proved systems in our field will afford us the time to do what we do best and provide outstanding care and support. Quality Compliance Systems are a market leader in the Care Sector for providing expert written Policies and …
Our Care Quality Commission (CQC) report has been published and we are proud to share with you details of our amazing report which has the rating of ‘Good’ in all 5 areas of Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. CQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The inspection was unannounced and took place over two days on the 27thFebruary and the 1stMarch 2018. Our teams have demonstrated their unfailing commitment to providing a high standard of care and support at Apple House. We would like to share below some of the report’s findings and …
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) You may well have been hearing a lot in the media around General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and more than likely you would have been receiving emails from various companies you may have signed up to once upon a time asking if they can still contact you in the future. This is all in readiness for the new GDPR, which comes into force on May 25th 2018. GDPR will replace the Data Protection Act of 1998 (DPA), which was a way to implement the EU Data Protection Directive of 1995. As with the DPA, the …
Westminster Briefing: The first stop for public policy debate with Westminster and Whitehall. Jane Montrose, Managing Director of Apple House care group, and Romaine Lawson, Director of Operations, were thrilled to be invited to speak at a Westminster Briefing in London last week. The invitation followed the CQC ‘Outstanding’ rating of one of the group’s homes and focused on how leading services prepare for CQC inspections and met the updated CQC Assessment Framework. In attendance were leaders of charitable trusts and housing associations, as well as heads of councils from around the country and other care provider heads, totalling twenty …
Westminster Briefing: Jane Montrose, Managing Director, and Romaine Lawson, Director of Operations of Apple House Ltd were thrilled to have accepted an invitation to London to be guest speakers at next week’s Westminster Briefing on ‘Care Home Inspections: Meeting the Updated CQC Assessment Framework.’ Joining Jane and Romaine in also speaking at the Westminster Briefing is Geraldine Strathdee OBE, former National Clinical Director for Mental Health and National Professional Advisor for the Care Quality Commission (CQC). CQC’s new updated assessment framework for community and residential adult social care services comes into effect this winter. Discussed at the briefing will be …
STOMP: Stopping over-medication of people with learning disabilities, autism or both. In 2015, NHS England published reports highlighting the widespread inappropriate use of antipsychotics and other medicines used to treat mental illness in people with learning disabilities. And, following these reports, NHS England led a ‘call to action’ which brought together representatives of professional and patient groups to make sure changes were made to these bad practices. ‘It is estimated that every day about 35,000 people with learning disabilities are prescribed psychotropic medicines when they do not have a diagnosed mental health condition, often to manage behaviour which is seen …
Ms. Andrea Sutcliffe, CQC Chief Inspector, tweeted us today to say, “Many contratulations. Please pass on my best wishes to your team and everyone you support.” Ms. Sutcliffe’s tweet followed a CQC national press release today announcing Summerwood care home’s ‘Outstanding’ rating, the highest rating possible. Following the press release, Apple House Ltd were delighted to be contacted by local press taking up this good news story in an age when, all too often, the care sector is in the spotlight for more negative reasons. Apple House will be holding a celebratory party at Summerwood next month. Please follow us …
Following CQC’s national press release today, Apple House Ltd is very proud to announce that we have been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for our Summerwood care home, New Milton, Hampshire. We are delighted that CQC’s report has reflected the ‘can do’ culture which is one of the driving forces behind what we do. It’s a wonderful way for the people we support and all of our Summerwood team to have their home and achievements recognised and commended by CQC, who we see as such a positive national regulator. The rating is a culmination of the company-wide philosophy of delivering person …
Over 100 people representing organisations and national adult social care stakeholders joined the CQC to mark the launch of the Quality Matters commitment. As it says in the document, ‘The quality of adult social care matters. It matters because people who use services should be able to expect person centred care that is safe, effective, caring and responsive. This care should be supported by good leadership and sustained by good use of resources.’ The document sets out a shared commitment to high-quality, person centred adult social care. It has been produced to make a difference in care services by working …
