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Ridley Park

Forster Street, Blyth, NE24 3BG

Goodpublished 31 August 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?
Outstanding
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Outstanding
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 Ridley Park on 31 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 Ridley Park

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

  1. August 2023Goodcurrent ratingdown from Outstanding
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2021Outstandingstayed Outstanding
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

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  3. April 2020Outstandingup from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding

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  4. September 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. August 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. February 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 9 November 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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