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Longmead Court Nursing Home

247 London Road, Black Notley, Braintree, CM77 8QQ

Requires improvementpublished 28 August 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 report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Longmead Court Nursing Home on 15 May 2021. 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 Longmead Court Nursing Home

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

  1. May 2021Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. April 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. February 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 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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