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Merle Boddy House

55 Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AX

Inadequatepublished 29 January 2025, 19 months ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the service performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Merle Boddy House on 20 November 2019. 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 Merle Boddy House

4 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. November 2019Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. September 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. September 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. July 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. May 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 December 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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