A respite centre that came back under Bucks County Council management following a damning inspection report has been inspected again – but still requires improvement.

Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre – which was previously known as Seeleys House Respite Centre until it was brought back under the management of BCC last year – was given the same rating at its last inspection in June last year.

Buckinghamshire Care Ltd previously looked after the centre until a Care Quality Commission inspection last April found some of the services to be inadequate, with loose electrical cables in bedrooms and a stranger discovered wandering the centre.

The county council’s contract with Buckinghamshire Care Ltd was terminated and services managed by them were brought back in house in a £2.4 million move.

In the latest inspection, which was published last week, the service’s effectiveness and caring went up from requiring improvement to being good and being “well-led” went up from being inadequate to requiring improvement.

Inspectors found a “lack of systems” in place to manage situations where potential abuse was identified, and said equipment was not always safe to use.

They also said they saw “positive interactions” between staff and residents who they saw “smiling and laughing” with the staff, adding it was “clear the staff had developed a good working relationship with people”.

See the full report here.