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Westbourne Care Home

Westbourne, 9 Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2TP

Goodpublished 26 October 2022, 3 years ago

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

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?
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 Westbourne Care Home on 26 October 2022. 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 Westbourne Care Home

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

  1. October 2022Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. January 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. April 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Good

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  4. March 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. August 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. November 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. September 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. August 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. August 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. December 2010

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 December 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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