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Hawksbury House

Kellfield Lane, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5YP

Goodpublished 31 December 2025, 7 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Hawksbury House on 6 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 Hawksbury House

3 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. June 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

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  3. December 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. June 2017Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. April 2016

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 April 2016.

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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