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Lancaster Court

108 High Road, Leavesden Green, Watford, WD25 7AJ

Requires improvementpublished 28 April 2025, 16 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 Lancaster Court on 10 September 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 Lancaster Court

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. September 2020Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  2. February 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. June 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. March 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. November 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. June 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 December 2010.

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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