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The Laurels Care Home

The Laurels, West Carr Road, Attleborough, NR17 1AA

Goodpublished 16 February 2026, 6 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 Laurels Care Home on 29 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 Laurels Care Home

11 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. October 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. February 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. August 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. September 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. August 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. January 2018Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  7. August 2017Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. March 2017Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  9. October 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  10. July 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  11. May 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  12. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  15. October 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  16. April 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  17. November 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 November 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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