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The Ferns

175 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5DF

Requires improvementpublished 10 July 2021, 5 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?
Requires improvement
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

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for The Ferns. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Ferns

5 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. July 2021Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. January 2021Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  3. October 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. March 2017Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. November 2015Inspected but not rated
    Well-led: Good
  6. February 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. September 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 9 September 2024.

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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