CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by MDS Healthcare (Care Homes)

Brandreth Lodge Nursing Home

Stoney Lane, Parbold, Wigan, WN8 7AF

Requires improvementpublished 14 September 2023, 2 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 Brandreth Lodge Nursing Home on 14 September 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 Brandreth Lodge Nursing Home

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

September 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk
September 2021Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk
February 2021Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
Read this report on cqc.org.uk
March 2018Good
Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
Read this report on cqc.org.uk
October 2016
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 October 2016.

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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