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What the CQC found at Riverdale Court Care Home Ltd

Inadequatepublished 28 March 2024, 2 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?
Inadequate
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 Riverdale Court Care Home Ltd.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Riverdale Court Care Home Ltd

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

  1. March 2024Inadequatecurrent ratingdown from Requires improvement
    Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  2. March 2023Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. September 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 9 September 2025.

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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