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What the CQC found at Altham Court Care Home

Requires improvementpublished 28 October 2022, 3 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home 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?
Requires improvement
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 home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Altham Court Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Altham Court Care Home

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

  1. October 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. January 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. January 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. April 2017Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. June 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 2026.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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