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What the CQC found at Springwater Lodge Care Home

Goodpublished 12 August 2023, 3 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

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?
Outstanding
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
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 Springwater Lodge Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Springwater Lodge Care Home

6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. August 2023Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. June 2022Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. January 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. May 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. April 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. October 2016Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. August 2015Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  8. June 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 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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75 live-in carers within about an hour of Nottinghamshire

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Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 63 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Nontando S.
1 review
From £1,204 a week, 18 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
Veronica D.
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From £1,050 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
Ernest C.
1 review
From £1,096 a week, 18 years caring
Based about 26 minutes from Nottinghamshire
Adetumi B.
1 review
From £1,236 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 27 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
“Ernest is an amazing professional carer who delivers care from the heart.”
Melanie B., about Ernest C.
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