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Laurel Bank Care Home

Main Street, Wilsden, Bradford, BD15 0JR

Requires improvementpublished 23 January 2020, 6 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?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Requires improvement
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

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Laurel Bank Care Home

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

  1. January 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. April 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. October 2017Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. March 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. February 2015

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. May 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. August 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. April 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 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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