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Blackthorns

21-29 Dooley Road, Halstead, CO9 1JW

Requires improvementpublished 27 March 2025, 17 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Blackthorns on 10 March 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 Blackthorns

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

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

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  2. June 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. September 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Good

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  4. November 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. January 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 December 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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