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The Willows Care Home

Heathercroft, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, MK14 5EG

Goodpublished 9 April 2025, 16 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 Willows Care Home on 12 April 2023. 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 Willows Care Home

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. April 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. January 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. June 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. May 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. April 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. February 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. April 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 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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