CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by LRCH

Leighswood

186 Lichfield Road, Rushall, Walsall, WS4 1ED

Requires improvementpublished 16 September 2022, 3 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?: Requires improvement; 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 Leighswood on 16 September 2022. 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 Leighswood

9 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

September 2022Requires improvementcurrent rating
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk
February 2022Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk
October 2020Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
February 2020Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
March 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
March 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
February 2018Inadequatestayed Inadequate
Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
August 2017Inadequatestayed Inadequate
Safe: Inadequate
April 2017Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
March 2016Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
June 2021
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 2021.

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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