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Birch Tree Manor

Wharf Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5HE

Requires improvementpublished 15 December 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?
Requires improvement
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 Birch Tree Manor on 15 December 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 Tree Manor

7 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. December 2021Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2020Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. September 2019Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. August 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. April 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. August 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. November 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 November 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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