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Oval House

Gooding Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1JS

Goodpublished 27 May 2021, 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?
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?
Requires improvement
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 Oval House on 27 May 2021. 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 Oval House

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

  1. May 2021Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  2. August 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. April 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. January 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. October 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. October 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. April 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 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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