Oakhill Secure Training Centre

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• Overview
• Shared direction and culture
• Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders
• Freedom to speak up
• Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion
• Governance, management and sustainability
• Partnerships and communities
• Learning, improvement and innovation

We inspected 1 quality statements for this key question. We found staff had been working incredibly hard to help improve the outcomes for children. Staff we spoke with were positive about the changes that have been made since our previous inspection. This included having more support and direction from healthcare managers and additional staffing on the majority of shifts. We found that significant improvements had been made as detailed in this report.

Find out what we look at when we assess this area in our information about our new Single assessment framework.

The judgement for Shared direction and culture is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Freedom to speak up is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

At our previous inspection in October 2024, we identified audits had not been effective at identifying areas of concern.

During this inspection, we found a health improvement board had been established to drive and monitor change where concerns had been identified. This was chaired by the Director for the Centre; attendees were of an appropriate level of seniority to be able to support change needed. Regular meetings were held to monitor the progress made against a detailed improvement plan. Evidence showed that improvements had been made.

Additional independent scrutiny, such as reviewing pharmacy standards and infection prevention and control processes had been obtained. Subsequent action plans had been developed and there was evidence that progress had been made.

More robust systems had been introduced to help ensure audits were accurate and these processes continued to be further developed. For example, a revised care plan audit tool had been implemented since our previous inspection and oversight of medicines had improved. However, the provider recognised this tool had some limitations and so a more detailed audit tool had been sought and recently introduced. During this inspection we found some areas of concern around care plans and records. However, the cases we identified had not yet been audited by the provider. Therefore, it was too early to assess their full effectiveness.

The judgement for Partnerships and communities is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.

The judgement for Learning, improvement and innovation is based on the latest evidence we assessed for the Well-led key question.