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Forest Edge

Southampton Road, Cadnam, Southampton, SO40 2NF

Requires improvementpublished 1 July 2023, 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?
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?
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 Forest Edge on 1 July 2023. 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 Forest Edge

6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. July 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. March 2023Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  3. December 2022Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. November 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. March 2020Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  6. March 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. March 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. February 2014

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 28 February 2014.

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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