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Chirnside House

Abbeyfield Close, Lancaster, LA1 4NL

Requires improvementpublished 13 June 2023, 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?
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 Chirnside House on 13 June 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 Chirnside House

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

  1. June 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. October 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. May 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 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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