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Orchard House

Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3ED

Requires improvementpublished 27 August 2025, 12 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Orchard House on 28 March 2018. 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 Orchard House

3 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. March 2018Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. January 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 November 2010.

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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