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Kington Court Nursing Home

Victoria Road, Kington, HR5 3BX

Requires improvementpublished 7 August 2021, 5 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

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Kington Court Nursing Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Kington Court Nursing Home

3 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. August 2021Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. November 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. January 2022

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 12 January 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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