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Fairfield House

41 Putton Lane, Chickerell, DT3 4AJ

Goodpublished 11 July 2025, 13 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 Fairfield House on 15 May 2019. 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 Fairfield House

3 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. May 2019Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. May 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. October 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. November 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 November 2012.

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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