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The Old Rectory

Old Rectory, Chewton Hill, Chewton Mendip, Radstock, BA3 4NQ

Requires improvementpublished 24 June 2022, 4 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 Old Rectory. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Old Rectory

3 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. June 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. December 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. June 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. February 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 10 February 2026.

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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