The team value the importance of visitors in the lives of residents and fully support their right to maintain contact with family, friends, and loved ones. The visitors policy ensures that visits are welcomed, safe, and respectful of each resident’s personal wishes.
Key points of the policy:
Open Visiting: Visitors are welcome at any time, unless a resident personally requests limited visits or there is an outbreak of infection, in which case the home will follow health and safety guidance.
Resident Choice: Each resident can decide who they want to see, and this choice will be recorded in their care plan. If a resident lacks the capacity to make this decision, the Mental Capacity Act will guide the process to ensure visits still support their best interests.
Visitor Registration: All visitors must sign in and out at reception and follow any health and safety procedures in place.
Privacy and Respect: Residents have the right to refuse visitors, and this will always be respected. Visitors will not be allowed into other residents’ rooms without express permission.
Food and Personal Items: Any food or personal items brought in for a resident must be declared to staff to ensure safety and dietary needs are considered.
Infection Control: Visitors who feel unwell, especially with symptoms of transmissible infections (such as flu, COVID-19, or norovirus), are asked to postpone their visit until they are well.
Conflict and Safeguarding: If a visitor’s behaviour poses a risk to residents, staff, or the home environment, management will intervene. In serious cases, visits may be restricted or conditions imposed, with advice from the Safeguarding Team if necessary.
Outbreak Management: In the event of a public health incident, the home will follow local and national guidance, offering alternatives like video calls or window visits if needed.
Feedback and Complaints: Visitors are encouraged to provide feedback and raise any concerns, which will be handled through the Complaints, Suggestions and Compliments Policy.
Our goal is to make every visit a positive, safe, and supportive experience for all.
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Primrose Hill Nursing Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.673) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Primrose Hill Nursing Home has 29 reviews.
Review from Pauline C (Daughter of Resident) published on 8 June 2020
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Thank you for this wonderful review. It is an honour to be able to support people in the last days of their life. We are very proud that we provided your dad and your family with a positive experience at a difficult time.
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Review from Alice C (Daughter of Resident) published on 11 March 2020
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We are so happy that our Primrose family have become your own. We are very proud of our environment, a home should be home where people can feel 'free to be me'! Thank you for trusting us with your dad's happiness and care.
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Review from Julie C (Wife of Resident) published on 11 March 2020
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Thank you for this wonderful feedback. The team and I are thrilled to hear about your experience as this is what we endeavour to achieve! A family, homely environment with high standards of care and good quality of life.
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Review from Molly K (Daughter of Resident) published on 14 February 2020
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We are sorry to hear that you had this experience during your father's time with us at Primrose Hill Nursing Home. We have recently had a new manager join us who has introduced a new leadership team which will contribute to improving our approach to how we respond to complaints and concerns. We are happy to hear that the care you observed from our team during this period was positive. We are a passionate team who are committed to making improvements to all aspects of the people who live with us and their families experience. Thank you for giving us your feedback.
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Review from Valerie P (Sister of Resident) published on 22 January 2020
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Review from Susan B (Daughter of Resident) published on 22 January 2020
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Review from D B (Daughter of Resident) published on 10 January 2020
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We are so happy to hear your feedback. The Primrose Hill family take great pride in our care and environment. We have recently had a new manager and relaunched our activities schedule too so hopefully people will feel that improvement shortly.
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Review from D B (Brother of Resident) published on 6 January 2020
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Thank you for your review and feedback, we are feeling positive that a new consistent manager will address some of the issues raised.
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Review from Andrew W (Son of Resident) published on 19 December 2019
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Thank you for this wonderful feedback! We agree our garden does need some TLC, we have lots of plans to make the garden a beautiful and relaxing environment for the summer, but also a hub for occupation and work so our Primrose Hill family can enjoy gardening, growing our own vegetables and hopefully even space for outside games and recreation too!
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The Review Score of 9.7 (9.673) out of 10 for Primrose Hill Nursing Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.
The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.
The Average Rating of 4.673 for Primrose Hill Nursing Home is calculated as follows: ( (136 Excellents x 5) + (16 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) + (8 Poors x 2) + (2 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 165 Ratings = 4.673
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').
The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Primrose Hill Nursing Home is based on 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 50 registered maximum number of service users is 10, which has been reached with 13 Positive reviews. Points = 1
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.
Date: 14 Nov 2023
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My professional career in care stretches back to over 18 (eighteen) years. I started out as a career, supporting people with various requirements and ensuring that they had everything that they needed. This experience has taught me a lot about the care and what is involved in promoting independence and person-centred care.
I am always keen to encourage my team and help them to learn from the experiences that I have had. Over the years I have grown and developed, and I now hold my QCF Level 5 (five) Management Award. Over the years I have travelled the country to support the companies that I have worked for, I am a firm believer that there are processes to follow and I instil this wherever I am. I have been a registered manager for the past 3 (three) years, specialising in Dementia and Clinical Needs for the people I support, something that is personally close to my heart. My personal goal is to ensure that everyone receives the care that they are entitled to, with their wishes and past life experience at the forefront of their care plan.