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1 & 2 Flax Cottages

1 & 2 Flax Cottages, Fernlea Drive, Scotland Gate, Choppington, NE62 5SR

Requires improvementpublished 29 September 2025, 11 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on 1 & 2 Flax Cottages on 10 March 2020. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of 1 & 2 Flax Cottages

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. March 2020Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. September 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. May 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. October 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. June 2013

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 4 June 2013.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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