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Ashcroft Nursing Home

Fairview Close, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2QE

Goodpublished 31 December 2022, 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?
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 Ashcroft Nursing Home on 31 December 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 Ashcroft Nursing Home

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

  1. December 2022Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. July 2021Good
    Safe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. July 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  4. October 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. August 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. June 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. March 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 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. 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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