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What the CQC found at Brushwood House

Inadequatepublished 27 July 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Inadequate: inspectors found the home performing badly and the CQC has taken enforcement action.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Inadequate
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?
Requires improvement
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Inadequate
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 Brushwood House.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Brushwood House

3 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has slipped, from Requires improvement to Inadequate.

  1. July 2023Inadequatecurrent ratingdown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  2. July 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. January 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. August 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 August 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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91 live-in carers within about an hour of Liverpool

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Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 83 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Trudi M.
1 review
From £1,162 a week, 5 years caring
Based about 18 minutes from Liverpool. Can care for a couple
Oyakhire A.
1 review
From £1,082 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 22 minutes from Liverpool. Can care for a couple
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1 review
From £1,281 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from Liverpool. Can care for a couple
Inaune H.
1 review
From £910 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 29 minutes from Liverpool. Can care for a couple
“It was clear that she genuinely cared and her warm approach really helped put our minds at ease.”
Sara K., about Trudi M.
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