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What the CQC found at Oak Cottage

Requires improvementpublished 17 March 2020, 6 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?
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 Oak Cottage.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Oak Cottage

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

  1. March 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. March 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. October 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. April 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 5 April 2023.

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 Wolverhampton

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Most charge £950 to £1,230 a week. 89 can care for a couple. 9 years' experience on average.

Munther A.
1 review
From £1,120 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 1 minutes from Wolverhampton. Can care for a couple
Axe Juan N.
3 reviews
From £1,047 a week, 9 years caring
Based about 6 minutes from Wolverhampton. Can care for a couple
Ann Mangamgo S.
1 review
From £980 a week, 3 years caring
Based about 6 minutes from Wolverhampton. Can care for a couple
Kulwinder B.
3 reviews
From £1,015 a week, 25 years caring
Based about 10 minutes from Wolverhampton. Can care for a couple
“Knowing Mum was in Corina's care made an enormous difference to us and we knew she was in safe hands.”
Katherine J., about Sibonisiwe N.
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