CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Priory Group

The Birches

18 Gladstone Road, Chesterfield, S40 4TE

Goodpublished 24 July 2025, 13 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 The Birches on 8 October 2022. 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 Birches

3 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

October 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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May 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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October 2016Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
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April 2015
Report published without a new overall rating.
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October 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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November 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
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March 2012
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 30 March 2012.

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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