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Abbeyfield House

South Road, Alnwick, NE66 2NZ

Goodpublished 26 April 2026, 4 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Abbeyfield House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Abbeyfield House

9 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. February 2024Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. July 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. June 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. October 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. September 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. February 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  7. July 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  8. January 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  9. December 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  10. November 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 November 2024.

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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