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Tomswood Lodge Limited

154 Tomswood Hill, Ilford, IG6 2QP

Requires improvementpublished 16 August 2023, 3 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?
Requires improvement
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Requires improvement
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Inadequate
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Tomswood Lodge Limited on 16 August 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 Tomswood Lodge Limited

3 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. August 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  2. September 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. June 2016Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. February 2015

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  5. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. June 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. April 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 13 April 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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