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Alpine Care Home

10 Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LH

Goodpublished 21 November 2019, 6 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 Alpine Care Home on 14 May 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 Alpine Care Home

4 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Good.

  1. May 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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

  2. November 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. February 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2016Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. December 2015Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. February 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. August 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 August 2012.

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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