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Brushwood House

1 South Parade, Speke, Liverpool, L24 2SG

Inadequatepublished 27 July 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the service performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Inadequate
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?
Inadequate
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Brushwood House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Brushwood House

3 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has slipped, from Requires improvement to Inadequate.

  1. July 2023Inadequatecurrent ratingdown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  2. July 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. January 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. August 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 August 2024.

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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