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Osbourne Court

Park Drive, Baldock, SG7 6EN

Goodpublished 24 June 2025, 14 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Osbourne Court. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Osbourne Court

9 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. July 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated
  3. May 2022Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  4. September 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  5. October 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. June 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  7. November 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. March 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  9. June 2015Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  10. January 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  11. September 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 September 2023.

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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