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Highbury Rise

6 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RW

Requires improvementpublished 27 January 2026, 7 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 Highbury Rise on 20 October 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 Highbury Rise

3 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. October 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. October 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. November 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. April 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 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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