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Hen Cloud House

Buxton Road, Leek, ST13 6EQ

Requires improvementpublished 2 September 2023, 2 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?
Requires improvement
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
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 Hen Cloud House on 2 September 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

Read the report on cqc.org.uk
The story over the years

Every inspection of Hen Cloud House

Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the service was registered.

  1. September 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. March 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 March 2023.

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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