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Fountain Nursing and Care Home Limited

11-17 Fountain Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8NJ

Inadequatepublished 14 August 2025, 12 months ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the service performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Fountain Nursing and Care Home Limited on 19 February 2020. 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 Fountain Nursing and Care Home Limited

6 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. February 2020Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. February 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. August 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. April 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. October 2016Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. December 2014Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  7. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 5 January 2011.

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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