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Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home

Oakwood House, Stollery Close, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2GD

Goodpublished 7 October 2020, 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?
Requires improvement
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 Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home on 7 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 Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home

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

  1. October 2020Goodcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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

  2. November 2019Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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

  3. November 2019Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. February 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. January 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. October 2017

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 October 2017.

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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