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Brunswick Court Care Home

62 Stratford Road, Watford, WD17 4JB

Requires improvementpublished 5 May 2022, 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?
Requires improvement
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
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 Brunswick Court Care Home on 5 May 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 Brunswick Court Care Home

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

  1. May 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. October 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. August 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. December 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. February 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. February 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. March 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 12 November 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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