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Beachcomber Care Home

12 North Road, Seaham, SR7 7AA

Goodpublished 19 January 2023, 3 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?
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 Beachcomber Care Home on 19 January 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 Beachcomber Care Home

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

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

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  2. November 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. March 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. January 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. June 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 November 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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