CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Voyage

Barley Close

Axminster Road, Musbury, Axminster, EX13 8AQ

Requires improvementpublished 16 June 2023, 3 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 Barley Close on 16 June 2023. 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 Barley Close

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Outstanding to Requires improvement.

June 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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January 2019Gooddown from Outstanding
Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
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June 2016Outstanding
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding
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July 2014
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 July 2014.

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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