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Penrith Drive

55 Penrith Drive, Queensway, Wellingborough, NN8 3XL

Requires improvementpublished 5 June 2025, 14 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 Penrith Drive on 25 August 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 Penrith Drive

3 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. August 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. November 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. April 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. March 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 March 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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