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CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Manor Care Home Group

Acorn Grange

Vicarage Road, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HU

Goodpublished 17 May 2023, 3 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

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

The story over the years

Every inspection of Acorn Grange

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. May 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. January 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. January 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. February 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 February 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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