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What the CQC found at Lake Side Nursing Home

Requires improvementpublished 15 February 2023, 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?
Good
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?
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 Lake Side Nursing Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Lake Side Nursing Home

2 rated inspections over a year: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. July 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. March 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. March 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 March 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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