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Edwin Therapeutic Unit

82 Edwin Street, Gravesend, DA12 1EJ

Requires improvementpublished 15 October 2022, 3 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?
Good
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 Edwin Therapeutic Unit on 15 October 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 Edwin Therapeutic Unit

7 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. October 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2021Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. April 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. February 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. January 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. July 2017Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  7. July 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  8. February 2015

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. May 2013

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 May 2013.

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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