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Rushden Park

Melloway Road, Rushden, NN10 6XZ

Requires improvementpublished 7 September 2023, 2 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Requires improvement; 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?: 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 Rushden Park on 7 September 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 Rushden Park

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

September 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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April 2023Inadequate
Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
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January 2022Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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April 2021Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
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November 2020Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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January 2020Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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May 2017Goodstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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April 2015Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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December 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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February 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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April 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
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December 2010
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 December 2010.

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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