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Oakwood Care Home

78-82 Kingsbury Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 8QJ

Goodpublished 28 March 2023, 3 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?: 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 Oakwood Care Home on 28 March 2023. 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 Oakwood Care Home

7 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

March 2023Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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February 2021Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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January 2020Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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September 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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August 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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July 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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March 2015Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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November 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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June 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
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January 2011
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 10 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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