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Hollymount Residential and Dementia Care Centre

Hollymount, 3 West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DE

Requires improvementpublished 20 January 2023, 3 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?
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?
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 Hollymount Residential and Dementia Care Centre on 20 January 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 Hollymount Residential and Dementia Care Centre

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

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

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  2. April 2022Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. July 2021Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. November 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  5. April 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. September 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. June 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  8. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. February 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. March 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 13 January 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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