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The Limes Retirement Home

Earlsford Road, Mellis, Eye, IP23 8DY

Goodpublished 22 June 2026, 2 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 Limes Retirement Home on 7 May 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 Limes Retirement Home

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

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

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  2. May 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. June 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  4. June 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. April 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. November 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 November 2012.

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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