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Alice Grange

St Isidores Way, Ropes Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2GA

Goodpublished 19 December 2020, 5 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

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The CQC published its most recent report on Alice Grange on 12 February 2022. 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 Alice Grange

8 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. February 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  2. December 2020Goodup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. April 2020Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. October 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. June 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. June 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. April 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  8. March 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  9. April 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  10. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  15. October 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  16. December 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  17. February 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 15 February 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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