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Oak Lodge

Rectory Road, Oakley, Basingstoke, RG23 7EL

Outstandingpublished 31 January 2020, 6 years ago

Rated Outstanding: inspectors found the service performing exceptionally well.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Outstanding
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Outstanding
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Outstanding
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 Oak Lodge on 2 October 2020. 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 Oak Lodge

2 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has held its Outstanding rating throughout.

  1. October 2020Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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

  2. January 2020Outstandingstayed Outstanding
    Safe: GoodEffective: OutstandingCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

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

  3. March 2017Outstanding
    Safe: GoodEffective: OutstandingCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. June 2013

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 5 June 2013.

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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