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Stepping Stones

Riverside Lane, Broadoak, Newnham, GL14 1JF

Requires improvementpublished 24 February 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?
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 Stepping Stones on 24 February 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 Stepping Stones

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

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. June 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. July 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. November 2016Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. March 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. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. 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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Other services run by Stepping Stones Resettlement Unit Limited

4 other services on the CQC register. A pattern across a group tells you more than one report.

Dean Grange

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Milestones

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Good
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Nearby

Other care homes near Newnham

Riverside House

Newnham, GL14 · 0.3 km
Good
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Rated 3 years agocare home

Dean Grange

Newnham, GL14 · 0.5 km
Good
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Rated 6 years agocare home

Apple Orchard

Newnham, GL14 · 2.1 km
Good
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Rated 7 years agocare home

Chaxhill Hall

Nr Westbury-on-Severn, GL14 · 3.7 km
Requires improvement
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Rated 3 years agocare home

Gatwick Rise

Westbury-on-Severn, GL14 · 3.9 km
Good
Residential
Rated 19 months agocare home

Milestones

Cinderford, GL14 · 4.6 km
Good
Residential
Rated 8 years agocare home