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Suffolk Lodge

18 Rectory Road, Wokingham, Reading, RG40 1DH

Goodpublished 22 September 2018, 7 years ago

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

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?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
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 Suffolk Lodge on 22 September 2018. 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 Suffolk Lodge

4 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. September 2018Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. September 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2016Goodstayed Good
    Effective: Good

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  4. September 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. May 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. June 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 6 June 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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