In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 41 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the North that have been inspected under its new approach.
Following recent inspections, 20 of these services have been rated as Good, 16 have been rated Requires Improvement and five have been rated Inadequate.
Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all of England’s adult social care services are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.
Debbie Westhead, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care in the North, said:
"People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. If that is what we find on inspection - we give the service a rating of Good, or Outstanding.
"If we find that a service requires improvement, we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue. We will share our findings with local commissioners, and we will return in due course to check that they have made the required improvements.
"Whenever we find a service to be Inadequate, we will consider taking further action on behalf of the people who use the service."
Full reports on all 41 inspections are available on this website.
Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:
- Lambton Grange, County Durham: Good
- Beacon Edge Specialist Nursing Home, Cumbria: Good
- Hatfield House, Doncaster: Good
- Beverley Grange Nursing Home, East Riding of Yorkshire: Good
- The Whinnies, Gateshead: Good
- Hope House, Hartlepool: Good
- Victoria Community Care, Knowsley: Good
- Bare Hall Residential Care Home, Lancashire: Good
- Mayfair Residential Home Limited, Lancashire: Good
- Stocks Hall Residential Home - Ormskirk, Lancashire: Good
- Wellfield, Lancashire: Good
- Oakbank Care Home, Manchester: Good
- Adult Placement, Newcastle upon Tyne: Good
- Harrogate Home Support Service, North Yorkshire: Good
- Woodlands Care Home, Rotherham: Good
- Abingdon, Sefton: Good
- Expect Limited - 1a Gainsborough Avenue, Sefton: Good
- Caring Companions, St. Helens: Good
- Sunnyside, Tameside: Good
- Birch Court Nursing and Residential Home, Warrington: Good
- Sunnyside Residential Home, Bolton: Requires improvement
- Craigarran Nursing Home, County Durham: Requires improvement
- Floshfield, Cumbria: Requires improvement
- The Gardens Care Home, Darlington: Requires improvement
- Eighton Lodge Residential Care Home, Gateshead: Requires improvement
- Complete Care Services (Preston), Lancashire: Requires improvement
- Lawwood, Lancashire: Requires improvement
- Southview Lodge Residential Care Home, Lancashire: Requires improvement
- Bluebird Care (Harrogate), North Yorkshire: Requires improvement
- Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Limited Elizabeth - Swale, North Yorkshire: Requires improvement
- Bridge View, Northumberland: Requires improvement
- Avondale Lodge, Redcar and Cleveland: Requires improvement
- Briarmede Care Home, Rochdale: Requires improvement
- Birch Avenue, Sheffield: Requires improvement
- Meadowcroft, Wirral: Requires improvement
- Woodlands Neurological Rehabilitation, York: Requires improvement
- Walshaw Hall, Bury: Inadequate
- Church View Residential Home, Lancashire: Inadequate
- Lifestyle (Abbey Care) Limited Archery - Bower, North Yorkshire: Inadequate
- Ravensmount Residential Care Home, Northumberland: Inadequate
- Ranelagh Grange Care Home, St. Helens: Inadequate
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