Inspection of 10 February 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. At snack time two of the children had whole grapes in their lunch boxes which is a potential choking hazard. The grapes were not seen by staff members and cut up until asked to do so by the Inspector. 2.A variety of cleaning agents were accessible to a child in a press under the sink in the care room. This posed a risk to a child were they to access the press unsupervised. 3.The fire alarm in the service was not serviced annually as required. Infection Control: 4.The foot operated pedal bin located in the sanitary area was broken causing over-handling of the bin posing a risk of cross infection
Provider's corrective action:
- 1. A text has been sent to parents to remind them to cut the grapes in half from stem down. A new policy has been adopted to ensure that all lunches are visually checked daily by staff. 2. The press has been locked, and the key is hung on a designated hook. Reminded staff to lock and remove the key after each use. Written procedures for locking and removing the key to safe hook. This new procedure has been shared with staff. 3. The fire alarm has been serviced. A written reminder has been added to the fire drill record so as to ensure that going forward it will be carried out annually. 4. A new pedal bin is now in place in the sanitary area. The checking of the pedal bin has been added to the written cleaning schedule
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 15, 25, 26, 27, 28.