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Dovehaven Lodge

Tag Lane, Ingol, Preston, PR2 7AB

Goodpublished 13 May 2023, 3 years ago

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

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?
Good
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 Dovehaven Lodge. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Dovehaven Lodge

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

  1. May 2023Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. November 2022Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. September 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. May 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 May 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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