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Middleton Hall Retirement Village

Middleton Hall Limited, Middleton St George, Darlington, DL2 1HA

Goodpublished 10 March 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 Middleton Hall Retirement Village on 10 March 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 Middleton Hall Retirement Village

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

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

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  2. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Outstanding
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. March 2017Outstandingup from Good
    Safe: OutstandingEffective: OutstandingCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding

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  4. February 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. October 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 13 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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