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Alexander Care Centre

21 Rushy Mead, Lewisham, London, SE4 1JJ

Goodpublished 8 October 2021, 4 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?
Requires improvement
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Alexander Care Centre on 8 October 2021. 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 Alexander Care Centre

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

  1. October 2021Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. April 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. July 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Good

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  4. July 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. April 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvement

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  6. January 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 October 2011.

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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