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What the CQC found at Thomas Fields Care Centre

Requires improvementpublished 16 January 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?: 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

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Thomas Fields Care Centre.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Thomas Fields Care Centre

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

January 2020Requires improvementcurrent rating
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
July 2026
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 July 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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