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De Bruce Court

Jones Road, Hartlepool, TS24 9BD

Goodpublished 7 April 2026, 4 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on De Bruce Court on 23 December 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 De Bruce Court

7 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. December 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. July 2021Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Good

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  3. January 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedEffective: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  5. December 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. May 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. November 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. October 2017

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 9 October 2017.

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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