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Melody Lodge

West Keal Hall, Hall Lane, West Keal, Spilsby, PE23 4BJ

Goodpublished 14 May 2021, 5 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 published its most recent report on Melody Lodge on 14 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 Melody Lodge

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

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

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  2. October 2020Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. August 2020Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. April 2019Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. June 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. February 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 10 January 2011.

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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