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Ashgables House

Oak Lodge Close, Chippenham, SN15 1NG

Requires improvementpublished 23 June 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?
Requires improvement
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 story over the years

Every inspection of Ashgables House

7 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. June 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. March 2022Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. August 2021Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. April 2021Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. November 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. August 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. July 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  8. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. May 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 December 2010.

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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