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What the CQC found at The Lodge Nursing Home

Goodpublished 14 April 2016, 10 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?: 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

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Lodge Nursing Home on 14 April 2016. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of The Lodge Nursing Home

Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the home was registered.

April 2016Goodcurrent rating
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk
October 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
Read this report on cqc.org.uk
January 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
Read this report on cqc.org.uk
July 2011
Report published without a new overall rating.
Read this report on cqc.org.uk
January 2011
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 7 January 2011.

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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