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Lindisfarne Crawcrook

Kepier Chare, Crawcrook, Ryton, NE40 4TS

Goodpublished 25 February 2026, 6 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Lindisfarne Crawcrook on 15 September 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 Lindisfarne Crawcrook

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

  1. September 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. August 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. August 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. May 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. September 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. October 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. May 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. June 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. February 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 February 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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