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Unity House

Westcott Road, Peterlee, SR8 5JE

Goodpublished 25 March 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
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?
Good
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 Unity House on 25 March 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 Unity House

5 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. March 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. September 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. January 2021Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. January 2020Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. May 2018Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. April 2017

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 27 April 2017.

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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