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The Paddocks Care Home

45 Cley Road, Swaffham, PE37 7NP

Inadequatepublished 9 December 2025, 8 months ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the service performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Paddocks Care Home on 17 March 2021. 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 Paddocks Care Home

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

  1. March 2021Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  2. April 2020Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  3. September 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. November 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. March 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. October 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 13 January 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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