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Ivy House

222 Wansbeck Road, Longhill, Hull, HU8 9ST

Requires improvementpublished 12 May 2022, 4 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?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Inadequate
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 Ivy House on 12 May 2022. 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 Ivy House

2 rated inspections over a year: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. May 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Inadequate

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

  2. July 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  3. September 2019

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 September 2019.

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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