CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Canterbury Oast Trust

Farm House

Highlands Farm, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RJ

Goodpublished 4 August 2018, 8 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Good; 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

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The CQC published its most recent report on Farm House on 11 March 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 Farm House

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

March 2022Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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August 2018Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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March 2017Goodstayed Good
Safe: Good
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December 2015Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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February 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
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October 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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February 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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November 2011
Report published without a new overall rating.
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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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Ashford, TN26

Requires improvement

Residential

Ashford, TN26 · 4.8 km

Good

Residential

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