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Kirk House

2 Lincoln Road, Dorrington, Lincoln, LN4 3PT

Requires improvementpublished 18 December 2024, 20 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Kirk House on 22 April 2020. 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 Kirk House

2 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has improved, from Good to Outstanding.

  1. April 2020Outstandingcurrent ratingup from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding

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  2. December 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  4. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. October 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 10 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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