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Eastry House

High Street, Eastry, Sandwich, CT13 0HE

Requires improvementpublished 7 April 2021, 5 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?
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?
Requires improvement
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 Eastry House on 7 April 2021. 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 Eastry House

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. April 2021Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. September 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2017Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. April 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 30 December 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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