CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Cygnet Health Care
Stepping Stones
Riverside Lane, Broadoak, Newnham, GL14 1JF
Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.
- 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?
- 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.
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The CQC published its most recent report on Stepping Stones on 24 February 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.
Read the report on cqc.org.ukEvery inspection of Stepping Stones
4 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.
- February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- June 2022Requires improvementdown from GoodSafe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- July 2019Goodstayed GoodSafe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
- November 2016GoodSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- July 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- March 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- March 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- August 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
- February 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
- January 2011
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 20 January 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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