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Avon Court Care Home

St Francis Avenue, Chippenham, SN15 2SE

Goodpublished 26 August 2022, 4 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 Avon Court Care Home on 26 August 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 Avon Court Care Home

6 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. August 2022Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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

  2. February 2021Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. November 2020Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. March 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Inadequate

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  5. December 2019Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. October 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. April 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  8. January 2017

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 January 2017.

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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