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Lansdowne Care Home

Claremont Road, Cricklewood, London, NW2 1TU

Goodpublished 8 March 2023, 3 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 Lansdowne Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Lansdowne Care Home

6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. March 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. October 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  4. November 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. August 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. April 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. July 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. April 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 April 2025.

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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