\n Birnbeck House \u2013 Care Home Learning Disabilities, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability, has received an overall requires improvement rating in a CQC report published on March 31, following an assessment in February.\n<\/p>\n
\n The care home is a residential care home providing care to people with a learning disability and autistic people, which can accommodate up to 13 people.\n<\/p>\n
\n At the time of the inspection, nine people were living at the home.\n<\/p>\n
\n This inspection was a responsive assessment to review four breaches of regulation identified during the CQC\u2019s previous assessment in September 2025, which also rated the service as requiring improvement.\n<\/p>\n
\n The service was assessed against \u2018right support, right care, right culture\u2019 guidelines to make judgments about whether the provider guaranteed people with learning disabilities and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence, and good access to local communities that most take for granted.\n<\/p>\n
\n The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, person-centred care, staffing, and governance.\n<\/p>\n
\n The report said improvements were found in the new assessment in relation to person-centred care and staffing.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said: \u201cHowever, improvements were still needed in relation to safe care and treatment and governance. The provider remained in breach of these legal regulations.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPeople were at increased risk as the provider had not assessed or effectively managed all risks to people.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhile the service\u2019s governance systems had identified areas for improvement, they had not been effective in ensuring the improvements were made in a timely manner.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The report also said staff were trained in supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability at a level appropriate to their role.\n<\/p>\n
\n It also said: \u201cStaff interaction with people had improved.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cStaff felt the service being provided to people was improving. Their comments included, \u2018Overall I would like to tell you things have really improved\u2019 and \u2018The home has definitely improved, the atmosphere and communication are better.\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The report also said CQC inspectors observed people \u2018appeared comfortable\u2019 in the presence of staff.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said: \u201cStaff treated people with dignity and respect, supported them to make choices, and respected their decisions. Staff interacted with people in a way that was appropriate to their needs and wishes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The report also said improvements are needed to ensure people are supported to work towards their goals and that all people are offered meaningful activities.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said: \u201cRelatives expressed general satisfaction with the care people received and told us they felt people were happy and safe. Comments included, \u2018Yes, definitely, they have great need, and they look after them really well\u2019 and \u2018They are happy there.\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Leonard Cheshire said: \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to roll out a comprehensive action plan, driving improvements for people living at Birnbeck House. The service has extensive additional support from senior staff, specialist clinicians and quality teams.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re pleased that the regulator recognises some of the improvements made to date. Residents and their families will receive regular updates as progress continues.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe safety, well-being, and happiness of people we support at Birnbeck House remains our priority.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birnbeck House \u2013 Care Home Learning Disabilities, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability, has received an overall requires improvement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-529442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}