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Bradbury Grange

74 Canterbury Road, Whitstable, CT5 4HE

Requires improvementpublished 8 October 2022, 3 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 Bradbury Grange on 8 October 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 Bradbury Grange

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

October 2022Requires improvementcurrent rating
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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January 2021Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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February 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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December 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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June 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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June 2016Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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November 2015Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
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May 2015Requires improvement
Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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February 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
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March 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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November 2011
Report published without a new overall rating.
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July 2011
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 July 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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