Topicality Sheet

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Staffing

• Is the migrant worker compliance email in the staff folder?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a log of nurse PIN numbers and expiration dates?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a log of visa expiration dates?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Training

• Has the CQC eLearning been completed by all staff

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has fire training been completed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Supervision and appraisal

• Have reviews been completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a timetable for reviews on each unit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Management of hours

• Are holidays booked and spread equally throughout the year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are jobs advertised on Facebook?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the SMS service set up and operational?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is sickness being managed appropriately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Clinical

• What % of care plans have been completed

• Has the Quality Matrix been reviewed with comments?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the nurses portfolios been implemented? Is training up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Management

• Do staff understand Duty of Candour?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are Home Manager Briefings displayed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is Complaint poster and literature displayed and available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Statement of Purpose complete?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the HM had a conversation with Hairdressers, chiropodist etc regarding new agreements and contracts signed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Performance Board in operation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the diary in use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the GPS plan alive and used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the on call rota displayed and up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Customer Survey action plan in place and has it been shared with the team?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Maintenance / H & S

• Has the General Risk Assessment been implemented?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is archiving up to date? Use Restore?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Contingency Planning

• Do staff understand what to do in the event of a fire?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has there been a Fire Exercise?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the plan been updated and do staff know it's location?

  Yes

  No

  N/A