Staff and residents at MHA Hastings’ Lauriston care home are celebrating after being rated Good by the CQC.

The care home provides residential, nursing, and residential dementia care for 60 residents.

Dione McEwan, home manager, said: “I am very proud of everyone at the home who has played a part in making sure we received this rating.

“We managed to work on the feedback we were given last time, when the home was given a Requires Improvement rating, so it’s a tremendous effort from all at the home.

“The staff have really gelled together, especially during a tough period with the move from Richmond and they all deserve a huge amount of credit.

“Moving forward we want to continue with the good work we are doing, and I just want to thank everyone for all their hard work.”

MHA Lauriston was judged to be providing a Good level of care with the inspectors commenting that the home had an effective management team who provided good leadership for staff and communicated effectively with people, relatives and professionals. 

They added: “The management team was approachable and visible to people, staff and visitors. Staff were positive about their roles and felt valued for the work they did. 

“The views of people who lived at the home, their relatives and staff were encouraged and acted upon by the management team

“People and their relatives felt able to raise any concerns they had and were confident these would receive an appropriate response.”