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Magdalen House Care Home

Magdalen Road, Hadliegh, Ipswich, IP7 5AD

Goodpublished 22 June 2023, 3 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?
Requires improvement
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Magdalen House Care Home on 22 June 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 Magdalen House Care Home

5 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. June 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. December 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. June 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. September 2016Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvement

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  6. July 2015Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. July 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 27 July 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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