Briar House care home 'requires improvement', says CQC Inspection

Care Quality Commission

Briar House care home in Heywood failed to meet the required standard at a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.

The Bury Old Road care home received a rating of ‘requires improvement’ from CQC inspectors.

While the ratings for the care home were good for care and being responsive, a poorer rating in safety and effectivity brought down the overall result.

Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all of England’s adult social care services are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

Debbie Westhead, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care in the North, said: "People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. If that is what we find on inspection, we give the service a rating of good, or outstanding.

"If we find that a service requires improvement, we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue.

We will share our findings with local commissioners, and we will return in due course to check that they have made the required improvements.

"Whenever we find a service to be inadequate, we will consider taking further action on behalf of the people who use the service."

Briar House did not resond to a request for comment.