Enter and view: Cherry Tree House, Stockport

Healthwatch Stockport works with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) to monitor the standard of care for Adult Social Care for Stockport residents. As part of this work programme, Healthwatch Stockport will visit care homes identified by the Care Quality Commission and SMBC whose care and working practices need to be improved. Cherry Tree House was last inspected (at the time of the visit) by the CQC on 23/11/16 and received a “Good” rating. The purpose Enter and View visit was to establish evidence that the service and care provided to residents was improving.

Cherry Tree House is a residential and nursing care home in Stockport with capacity for 81 residents, with 27 of those specifically for those with nursing and dementia needs.

They made 3 recommendations, which were:

 Monitor and assess the impact of the memory boxes so that their use can be shown to improve the recognition of residents. These results can then be published so that other care homes are encouraged to do the same

 Monitor the influence of the activities on the residents’ wellbeing so that the impact can be highlighted and the good practice shared

 Residential care homes and Stockport Foundation Trust should draw up a Working Together protocol that would include procedures for sharing, providing and returning residents’ paperwork including care plans and medical information