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Clayton House

Long Lane, Clayton West, Huddersfield, HD8 9PR

Inadequatepublished 25 April 2024, 2 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?
Inadequate
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 Clayton House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Clayton House

8 rated inspections over 9 years: the service has slipped, from Requires improvement to Inadequate.

  1. April 2024Inadequatecurrent ratingstayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  2. August 2023Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  3. July 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. November 2020Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. September 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  6. July 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. March 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  8. July 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  9. September 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 26 September 2025.

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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