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The Grove -6

6 The Grove, Westoning, Bedford, MK45 5LX

Requires improvementpublished 21 March 2020, 6 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

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Grove -6 on 21 March 2020. 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 Grove -6

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. March 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. February 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. February 2016Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. December 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. March 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 23 March 2011.

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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