Care quality in Brighton

Our current rating awarded from the Care Quality Commission is excellent.

We're proud of the quality of our care, and we're not the only ones who think so - our Brighton centre has achieved and maintained an award of excellence.

Care Quality Commission Report

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an independent regulator of health and social care in England. The CQC inspects and reports on care homes, and rates the services being offered. See current and previous reports for our Brighton centre. Our current rating awarded from the CQC is excellent'.

Nursing Primary Care Trust Report

In August 2011 - for the third consecutive year - we achieved and overall rating of excellent by the Clinical Quality Review Nurse for Brighton and Hove. On her inspection RGN Naomi Cornford met with the manager, spoke with staff, service users and visitors. She also observed our care documentation and the home itself. The report rated eight areas of clinical quality as follows:

Clinical governance	Excellent
Maintaining clinical safety	Good
Care planning for clinical need	Excellent
Delivering effective clinical care	Excellent
End of life care	Good
Mental health	Excellent
Infection control	Excellent
Medication management	Good