{"id":737631,"date":"2026-08-14T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737631\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:50:09","slug":"spennymoor-care-home-bolton-rated-good-by-cqc-in-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/737631\/","title":{"rendered":"Spennymoor Care Home Bolton rated good by CQC in inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Spennymoor Care Home based in Smithills<\/a> was inspected by the health watchdog, the CQC.\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors reported: “People living at the home and families made positive comments to us about the care provided. Staff were described as being kind and caring and we saw people looked clean and well-presented.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors found residents felt safe, were treated with kindness and had good access to healthcare.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, its Well-led rating fell fromgood to Requires Improvement<\/a> after the watchdog identified shortcomings in the home’s governance.\n<\/p>\n

\n Spennymoor retained good ratings for safe, sffective, caring andresponsive, with the caring section receiving its highest score of 75 out of 100.\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors found people were treated with kindness, empathy and compassion and had their privacy and dignity respected.\n<\/p>\n

\n One relative said: \u201cI think it is good, there is a smile on people’s faces, so they are doing something right. We don\u2019t worry about people in this home.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Another said their relative looked \u201cclean and smart\u201d, while residents themselves said staff treated them kindly and respectfully.\n<\/p>\n

\n People could choose how they spent their day, what clothes they wanted to wear and when they got up or went to bed.\n<\/p>\n

\n Recruitment checks were carried out before staff began working at the home and employees said they received sufficient training and regular supervision.\n<\/p>\n

\n The home was also found to be clean, with equipment well maintained and no unpleasant smells.\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors saw staff cleaning during their visit, while regular infection-control audits were carried out and hand-washing facilities were readily available.\n<\/p>\n

\n People had access to healthcare professionals when required, with health professionals visiting weekly to review residents’ needs and district nurses seen at the home during the inspection.\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors also visited during very hot weather and saw windows being opened and fans used to keep residents comfortable.\n<\/p>\n

\n The CQC<\/a> also highlighted shortcomings in some care records.\n<\/p>\n

\n The home was using an older care planning system, which inspectors said was limited in its ability to record sufficient details about residents’ care.\n<\/p>\n

\n Some information relating to eating and drinking, skin integrity, communication and personal care was missing.\n<\/p>\n

\n The provider acknowledged the gaps and said the records would be updated.\n<\/p>\n

\n Inspectors also raised an issue around accessible information after identifying a resident who was registered blind and experienced blurred vision but did not have information available in alternative formats.\n<\/p>\n

\n The provider was asked to explore ways of ensuring the resident’s needs were fully met.\n<\/p>\n

\n The CQC concluded that improvements were needed to the home’s governance systems so issues could be identified and acted upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spennymoor Care Home based in Smithills was inspected by the health watchdog, the CQC. Inspectors reported: “People living…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-737631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737631","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=737631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}