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Leighside

19a Kenilworth Gardens, West End, Southampton, SO30 3RE

Goodpublished 18 April 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?
Requires improvement
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Leighside on 18 April 2023. 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 Leighside

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. April 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. July 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. April 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. January 2013

    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. 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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