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Appletree Grange

Durham Road, Birtley, Chester-le-Street, DH3 2BH

Goodpublished 5 October 2025, 10 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Appletree Grange on 6 April 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 Appletree Grange

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

  1. April 2022Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. April 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. November 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. September 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. December 2014Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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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. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. 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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