Enter and view: Abbcross Nursing Home
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Healthwatch Havering conducted an announced Enter and View visit. Healthwatch Havering is aiming to visit all health and social care facilities in the borough. This is a way of ensuring that all services delivered are acceptable and the welfare of the resident, patient or other service-user is not compromised in any way.
Healthwatch Havering visited Abbcross Nursing Home on 18/07/2018.
The summary of findings highlighted areas in relation to the premises, care, staff and other matters. The overall findings of the visits were mixed and the report includes a number of recommendations.
The recommendations informed that, notwithstanding the possibility of additional land being acquired, urgent consideration be given to improving the laundry and the infection control issues highlighted in this report be addressed. That consideration be given to providing a lock to the medication room door. That a more varied colour scheme be considered when re-decoration takes place. That the home continue to work with Queen’s Hospital to secure improvements in discharge arrangements, especially through use of the Red Bag scheme.