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Grove House Home for Older People

Highfield Road, Adlington, Chorley, PR6 9RH

Requires improvementpublished 2 October 2025, 10 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Grove House Home for Older People on 24 June 2021. 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 Grove House Home for Older People

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

  1. June 2021Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

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  3. March 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. January 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. November 2014Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. July 2013

    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. October 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. February 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 February 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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