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CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Walton Lodge

Laurel Grove

9 Wessex Close, Brimington, Chesterfield, S43 1GB

Requires improvementpublished 25 January 2024, 2 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?
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

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Laurel Grove. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Laurel Grove

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

  1. January 2024Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. October 2018Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. October 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 8 October 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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