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Vauxhall Court Care Home

Vauxhall House, Freiston Road, Boston, PE21 0JW

Requires improvementpublished 18 November 2022, 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?
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 Vauxhall Court Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Vauxhall Court Care Home

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. November 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. October 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  3. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. June 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. May 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. May 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. May 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 May 2026.

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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