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Barleycombe

Sudbury Road, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9HE

Goodpublished 17 December 2025, 8 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Barleycombe on 20 July 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 Barleycombe

3 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. July 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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

  2. January 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. June 2018Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. December 2016

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 December 2016.

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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