SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Alpha Community Care is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Alpha Community Care is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 4-bed residential care home in High Wycombe, run by Alpha Medical Care Limited. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Buckinghamshire has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in July 2019, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in November 2016. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Buckinghamshire, 54% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
29 other homes in Buckinghamshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2014. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The nearest home with a higher rating is Chiltern Grange Care Home (Good), 0.4 km away.
