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Fountains Care Centre

Victoria Park, Swinton Hall Road,, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4DZ

Goodpublished 17 March 2020, 6 years ago

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

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?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Fountains Care Centre. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Fountains Care Centre

3 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. March 2020Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. November 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. August 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. May 2022

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 23 May 2022.

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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