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Mill Lodge Residential Care Home

Belmont Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7HL

Goodpublished 18 November 2021, 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

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Mill Lodge Residential Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Mill Lodge Residential Care Home

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

  1. November 2021Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. May 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. November 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. November 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. April 2018Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  7. October 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. July 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 July 2023.

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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