An Aberdeen nursery where a baby boy was burned by bleach has met a watchdog’s improvement requirements.
Care Inspectorate went back to visit Little Dreams nursery on Bon Accord Street in February.
It came just a few months after one-year-old Blake Nilssen was left with severe burns when he toppled onto an unattended cleaning bucket.
Staff failed to alert the emergency services and his parents had to take the screaming tot to hospital themselves.
Blake’s mum Ellie Johnson said it was “blatant negligence” and is considering legal action against the nursery.
An inspection carried out by care sector officials in the weeks after the incident graded the nursery as weak.
The latest Care Inspectorate report said that bosses at the nursery had successfully met all eight requirements made of them.
This included staff attending a first aid course and making sure meal times were appropriately supervised.
First aid and phone improvements
One of the requirements made by the Care Inspectorate was for staff to have first aid training.
A one day course was held in December last year and workers at the nursery were often asked about first aid by bosses.
The report also said that all of the playrooms now had phones so they could contact emergency services straight away.
The document said: “The management team were checking staff’s knowledge and understanding of first aid by asking them questions on a regular basis.
“Staff had also been required to complete a written list of questions in relation to responding to first aid case scenarios such as management of burns, choking and asthma attacks.
“Since our visit to the service, the manager informed us that they had arranged for telephones to be available in all the playrooms so that staff could summon help from emergency services where needed without delay.”
‘Calmer and settled’ meal times
The previous inspection report said children were left unsupervised during meals.
This has changed, with inspectors noting staff sit with youngsters in their care.
However, the report said children were sitting for too long in the lead-up to receive their lunch.
The document said: “We observed the lunchtime meal experience for children on the day we visited the service.
“We found that staff ensured that children were supervised whilst eating at all times.
“Staff sat with the children and this helped to create a calmer and more settled experience.
“Our discussions with staff indicated that they were very clear about the need to ensure that children are supervised at all times during eating to ensure that they are kept safe and well.
“The service still needs to improve the routine for children in the lead up to and during lunchtime so that children are not seated for longer than they need to be.”
Inspectors also said the nursery owners had “taken a step back” and this gave the manager “more autonomy and leadership”.
The manager is now responsible for recruiting staff and the report said the manager was a “much more confident leader.”
Blake Nilssen’s family did not want to comment on the new report.
Little Dreams Nursery response
A spokesman for Little Dreams Nursery said they were “pleased” with the latest report and it is a “great outcome.”
He said: “We are pleased that the latest inspection reflects the hard work and efforts of our team.
“The action plan agreed has been implemented and the results have been recognised which is a great outcome.”
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