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Wheathills House

Brun Lane, Kirk Langley, Ashbourne, DE6 4LU

Requires improvementpublished 24 July 2021, 5 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?
Good
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?
Requires improvement
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 Wheathills House on 24 July 2021. 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 Wheathills House

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

  1. July 2021Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. November 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. July 2019Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. February 2019Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. September 2018Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  7. December 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. August 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  9. December 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. May 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 12 January 2011.

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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