Updated 20 August 2024
Date of assessment: 18 September to 10 October 2024. We visited the service on the 18 and 25 September. This assessment took place in response to concerns raised by the local authority and a member of the public, as well as to follow up on breaches of regulation identified at our last inspection in October 2022. The Meath Epilepsy Charity is a residential care home providing personal care to people with epilepsy as well as living with a learning or physical disability. There are 2 registered managers who oversee nine individual houses or flats. Each residence has a deputy manager and senior carer. There are communal resources available to all those living at the location including a skills centre, café and gym. At the time of our assessment there were 79 people using the service. We assessed 12 quality statements in the key questions of safe and well led. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence, and good access to community facilities. We identified 2 breaches in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance which we also identified in the last CQC inspection in October 2022. People using the service were not adequately protected from the risk of harm. Governance systems and audits were in place however, these were not always effective and more work was needed to ensure they provided an accurate view of service and drove improvements in a timely way. The oversight and governance systems in place had not identified the shortfalls we found during our assessment. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.