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Birch Hall Care Centre

Birch Hall Ave, Darwen, BB3 0JB

Requires improvementpublished 22 October 2021, 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?
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?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Inadequate
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 Birch Hall Care Centre on 22 October 2021. 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 Birch Hall Care Centre

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

  1. October 2021Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  2. January 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. April 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2015Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. September 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 30 September 2011.

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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