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Woolston Mead

4 Beach Lawn, Liverpool, L22 8QA

Requires improvementpublished 2 September 2023, 2 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 Woolston Mead on 2 September 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 Woolston Mead

8 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. September 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. August 2022Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. April 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. May 2018Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. October 2017Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate

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

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  7. October 2015Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  8. May 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  9. October 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  12. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  13. November 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  14. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 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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