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Lowena Short Breaks

Mitchell Hill, Truro, TR1 1JX

Goodpublished 21 April 2022, 4 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Lowena Short Breaks. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Lowena Short Breaks

7 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. April 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. February 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. August 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Effective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. February 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Inadequate
  5. January 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. March 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Good
  7. January 2016Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. July 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 July 2024.

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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