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Frank Foster House

Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois, CM16 7LD

Requires improvementpublished 19 April 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?
Requires improvement
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 Frank Foster House on 19 April 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 Frank Foster House

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. April 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. May 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. May 2018Outstandingup from Good
    Safe: GoodCaring: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding

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  4. November 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 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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