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What the CQC found at Bamford Grange Care Home

Requires improvementpublished 18 August 2022, 4 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?
Good
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 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 Bamford Grange Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Bamford Grange Care Home

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

  1. August 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. April 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. December 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. February 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. November 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. September 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. February 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. October 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  9. January 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 January 2024.

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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At least 100 live-in carers within about an hour of Stockport

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Margaret K.
1 review
From £980 a week, 25 years caring
Based about 19 minutes from Stockport. Can care for a couple
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3 reviews
From £1,225 a week, 24 years caring
Based about 21 minutes from Stockport. Can care for a couple
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2 reviews
From £1,257 a week, 17 years caring
Based about 22 minutes from Stockport. Can care for a couple
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2 reviews
From £1,610 a week, 25 years caring
Works in the Stockport area. Can care for a couple
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