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Good Companions EMI Residential Care Home

113 Roe Lane, Southport, PR9 7PG

Goodpublished 22 November 2023, 2 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 Good Companions EMI Residential Care Home on 22 November 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 Good Companions EMI Residential Care Home

3 rated inspections over 9 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. November 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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

  2. February 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. October 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

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

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. November 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 November 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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