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Ashfields

31 Salhouse Road, Rackheath, Norwich, NR13 6PD

Requires improvementpublished 12 April 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
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 Ashfields on 12 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 Ashfields

4 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. April 2022Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

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  3. June 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. April 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. March 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. 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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