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CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by K-Lodge Care Home

K Lodge

50 North End, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, NN10 8JB

Goodpublished 16 June 2022, 4 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 K Lodge. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of K Lodge

7 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. June 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. September 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. November 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. January 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  5. September 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. September 2016Goodstayed Good
    Responsive: Good
  7. August 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. July 2022

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 July 2022.

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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