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Highmead House

153 Finedon Road, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, NN9 5TY

Goodpublished 13 December 2023, 2 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
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?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Highmead House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Highmead House

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. December 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. August 2023Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. January 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. January 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. February 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. February 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 9 February 2026.

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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