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The Brambles Rest Home

Park Avenue, New Longton, Preston, PR4 4AY

Goodpublished 14 April 2022, 4 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 The Brambles Rest Home on 14 April 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 Brambles Rest Home

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

  1. April 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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

  2. July 2021Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  3. January 2021Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. December 2019Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. September 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. March 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. November 2015

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 23 November 2015.

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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