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Southdowns Nursing Home

1 Hollington Park Road, The Green, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0SY

Goodpublished 12 November 2024, 21 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Southdowns Nursing Home on 25 July 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 Southdowns Nursing Home

5 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Requires improvement.

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

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  2. March 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. December 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. April 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. April 2016Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. September 2015Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  7. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. February 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 4 February 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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