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Willow Tree Lodge

126-128 Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3PF

Goodpublished 14 May 2025, 15 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Willow Tree Lodge on 10 August 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 Willow Tree Lodge

7 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. August 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. December 2019Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. July 2019Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  4. July 2019Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  5. April 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. April 2017Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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  7. April 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  8. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. June 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. February 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. November 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 November 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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