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Greenbanks

Greenbank road, Watford, WD17 4JR

Requires improvementpublished 30 June 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?
Requires improvement
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 Greenbanks on 30 June 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 Greenbanks

4 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. June 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. October 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. October 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. November 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  5. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. June 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. 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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