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The Albany Care Home

7 London Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7SN

Requires improvementpublished 25 August 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?
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 The Albany Care Home on 25 August 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 The Albany Care Home

2 rated inspections over a year: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. August 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. August 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. April 2021Insufficient evidence to rate
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. July 2020

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 July 2020.

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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