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Orchard House Residential Care Home

155 Barton Road, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, NN15 6RT

Goodpublished 17 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 Orchard House Residential Care Home on 17 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 Orchard House Residential Care Home

8 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. March 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. November 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. March 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. June 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. December 2020Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. November 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. November 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. October 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  9. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. March 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 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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