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Mulberry House

Lower Brimley, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9JS

Requires improvementpublished 23 July 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
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 Mulberry House on 23 July 2022. 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 Mulberry House

4 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. July 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. February 2022Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. September 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  5. December 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. March 2019Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  7. July 2018

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 July 2018.

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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