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Walnut House

49 Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3AS

Requires improvementpublished 10 May 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

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The CQC published its most recent report on Walnut House on 10 May 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 Walnut House

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

  1. May 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. January 2023Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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

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  4. October 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  5. July 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. March 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. November 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 30 November 2010.

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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