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Birkdale Village Care Home

20 Crescent Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 4SR

Requires improvementpublished 14 July 2021, 5 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 Birkdale Village Care Home on 11 February 2022. 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 Birkdale Village Care Home

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

February 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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July 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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July 2019Goodstayed Good
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
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January 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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November 2015Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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March 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
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April 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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January 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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December 2010
Report published without a new overall rating.
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January 2011
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 27 January 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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