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Estherene House

35 Kirkley Park Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0LQ

Requires improvementpublished 14 July 2025, 13 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Estherene House on 25 December 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 Estherene House

5 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. December 2021Goodcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. April 2021Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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

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  5. January 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. November 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. October 2015

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 October 2015.

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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