Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
Infection Control: 1. Multiple children’s soothers were not stored in individual soother containers. The soothers were hanging on a wall touching off each other. This posed an infection control risk to the children. Safe Sleep: 2. Evidence of the physical sleep checks carried out on the children in the wobbler room while they were sleeping was not consistently recorded. The childcare app in use by the service to record the physical checks was not in operation during this sleep time . This practice is in variance with the service’s policy on safe sleep. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
The registered provider stated the following in their reply: Infection Control: 1.Soothers are store in individual labelled containers, this practiced is reviewed by management on a regular basis. Safe Sleep: 2. Physical sleep checks will be recorded on a backup paper record ,in the event of the childcare software application not working
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 11, 19.
Inspection of 26 January 2024 — Change in Circumstance