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Griffin House Care Home

Shaw Lane, Prescot, L35 5BZ

Requires improvementpublished 11 May 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?
Good
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 Griffin House Care Home on 11 May 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 Griffin House Care Home

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

  1. May 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. October 2021Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  3. April 2021Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. October 2020Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. July 2019Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. September 2018

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 27 September 2018.

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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