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Colne House

Station Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2LT

Goodpublished 30 April 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
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?
Good
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 Colne House on 30 April 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 Colne House

4 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. April 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. April 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. March 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. June 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  5. December 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 24 January 2011.

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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