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Linwood

9 Mercer Close, Thames Ditton, KT7 0BS

Goodpublished 16 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 Linwood on 3 February 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 Linwood

8 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Requires improvement.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. July 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. September 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  4. October 2019Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  5. May 2019Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. October 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. June 2016Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. October 2015Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  9. September 2015Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  10. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. July 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  15. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 November 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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