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Rydal Care Home

Rydal Road, Darlington, DL1 4BH

Requires improvementpublished 6 June 2023, 3 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?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Requires improvement
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
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 Rydal Care Home on 6 June 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 Rydal Care Home

7 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. June 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. April 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. May 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated

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  5. October 2020Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. February 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. November 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. January 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  9. December 2016

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 5 December 2016.

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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