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Longwood Grange
Longwood Gate, Huddersfield, HD3 4UP
Goodpublished 3 December 2025, 8 months ago
Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.
The latest report, explained
What inspectors found, December 2023
Rated Good; inspectors found safe care and stronger management, but staff deployment was sometimes disorganised.
The inspection was unannounced and took place on 5 December 2023. Inspectors spoke with people using the home, relatives, staff and a health professional. They reviewed care records, medicines records, staff recruitment files and management records.
The home was rated Good for Safe and Well-led. Inspectors found enough staff overall, safe medicines practices, suitable risk assessments, safeguarding arrangements and good quality checks. However, staff were not always deployed in an organised way, so people sometimes had to wait for help.
The environment was clean but showed wear in places, including chipped paint and scratched handrails. The home had a refurbishment plan. The previous rating was Requires Improvement in 2019, with breaches of regulations. Inspectors found enough improvement had been made and there were no current breaches.
What inspectors praised
Risk management
People had detailed care plans and risk assessments. Staff worked with health professionals to manage people’s needs and risks.
“People had detailed care plans and risk assessments in place. These were regularly reviewed and reflective of individual needs and risks.” from the report
Management oversight
The manager had good oversight of the home. Quality checks were used to identify shortfalls and make improvements.
“Quality assurance systems and processes were in place to monitor the service and drive improvement.” from the report
Positive culture
People, relatives and staff described an open and positive culture. People and relatives were involved in care and feedback was used to make changes.
“There was an open and positive culture at the service which was inclusive and achieved good outcomes for people.” from the report
What inspectors were concerned about
Staff deployment
needs fixingThere were enough staff overall, but they were not always organised effectively. One person had to wait because two staff were needed and only one was available.
“However, at times deployment of staff appeared disorganised and occasionally people had to wait.” from the report
Wear to the environment
minorThe home was clean, but some areas needed refurbishment. The provider had a plan to address this.
“The service was clean, however the environment was showing signs of wear, for example, chipped paint and scratched handrails.” from the report
Questions to ask them, based on this report
- 01How are staff deployed during mealtimes and when people are being helped to bed?
- 02What changes have been made after the recommendation about staff deployment?
- 03Which parts of the home have been refurbished, and what work remains under the refurbishment plan?
- 04What are the current ratings and findings for Effective, Caring and Responsive, which were not inspected during this visit?
- 05How are people and relatives involved in care reviews and decisions about improvements?
This was a focused inspection of Safe and Well-led only; the other key question ratings carried over from the previous inspection. This explanation was written from the published report of 20 December 2023 by an AI system and checked against the report text: every quoted line appears in the report. It is a guide to the report, not a substitute for it. Read the full report on cqc.org.uk.
The story over the years
Every inspection of Longwood Grange
6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.
- December 2023Goodcurrent ratingSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
- March 2022Inspected but not ratedSafe: Inspected but not rated
- July 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- November 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
- April 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- February 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- August 2015Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- August 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- May 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- October 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- September 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- May 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- July 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
- January 2012
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 30 January 2012.
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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