CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Fieldhouse Care

The Chestnuts Care Home

72 Church Road, Normanton, WF6 2QG

Goodpublished 22 November 2023, 2 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?: 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 Chestnuts Care Home on 22 November 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 Chestnuts Care Home

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Good.

November 2023Goodcurrent rating
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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March 2021Inspected but not rated
Safe: Inspected but not rated
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March 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementCaring: GoodWell-led: Good
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February 2017Requires improvementup from Inadequate
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
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April 2016Inadequate
Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
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July 2015
Report published without a new overall rating.
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September 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
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May 2013
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 May 2013.

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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