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Wansbeck Care Home

Church Avenue, West Sleekburn, Choppington, NE62 5XE

Goodpublished 13 June 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?
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 Wansbeck Care Home on 13 June 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 Wansbeck Care Home

7 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. June 2023Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. May 2021Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    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. February 2020Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. November 2018Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. January 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  7. November 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. June 2020

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 2020.

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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