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Tulipa House

13 Shottendane Road, Margate, CT9 4NA

Requires improvementpublished 16 March 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?
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 Tulipa House. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Tulipa House

6 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. March 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. May 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. August 2021Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. April 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. August 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  6. February 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  7. March 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  8. August 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 August 2024.

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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