Allied Healthcare Reading

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.

This inspection took place on 27 October and 4 November 2015 and was unannounced. The provider was given 24 hours notice so to ensure that a senior member of staff was available in the office to assist in the inspection process, due to the location being a domiciliary care service.

The inspection was completed by one inspector. We gathered and reviewed information sent to us by the provider in the PIR (Provider Information Return), through local authority reports, past inspections and notifications received prior to the inspection.