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Longmead House

1 Buxton Lane, Caterham, CR3 5HG

Requires improvementpublished 18 August 2025, 12 months 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 House on 1 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 Longmead House

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Inadequate.

  1. September 2023Inadequatecurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  2. June 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. June 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. November 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 24 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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