CQC inspectors publish reports on 44 adult social care services in the North of England

In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 44 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, 24 of these services have been rated as Good, 12 have been rated Requires Improvement and eight 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 44 inspections are available on this website.

Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:

• Lavender Court Residential Home, East Riding of Yorkshire:  Good
• Holy Name Care Home, Kingston upon Hull, City of:  Good
• Bespoke Care & Support Services, Kirklees:  Good
• Fylde Domiciliary Service, Lancashire:  Good
• Lancaster Branch Office, Lancashire:  Good
• Rathmore Care Home, Lancashire:  Good
• The Croft, Lancashire:  Good
• Thornton Lodge Care Home, Lancashire:  Good
• Bellefield Residential Home, Liverpool:  Good
• Kavanagh Health Care Limited, Liverpool:  Good
• The Old Vicarage, North East Lincolnshire:  Good
• Nicholas House Care Home, North Lincolnshire:  Good
• The Crest Residential Home, North Yorkshire:  Good
• Simply Caring Limited - Meridian Centre, Oldham:  Good
• Abbegale Lodge, Sefton:  Good
• Harrison House, Sefton:  Good
• The Shieling, Sefton:  Good
• Comfort Call Guildford Grange, Sheffield:  Good
• Saxon Lodge, Stockton-on-Tees:  Good
• Doric View Short Break Service, Sunderland:  Good
• Finchley House, Sunderland:  Good
• Burton House, Warrington:  Good
• Padgate House, Warrington:  Good
• Upton Grange, Wirral:  Good
   
• Layton Lodge Residential Care Home for the Elderly, Blackpool:  Requires improvement
• Church House Care Home, Cheshire East:  Requires improvement
• Pilling Care Home, Lancashire:  Requires improvement
• The Barn, Lancashire:  Requires improvement
• The Laurels Care and Nursing Home, Lancashire:  Requires improvement
• Thistleton Lodge, Lancashire:  Requires improvement
• Towneley House, Lancashire:  Requires improvement
• The Pines Care Home, North Yorkshire:  Requires improvement
• Berwick Care Home, Northumberland:  Requires improvement
• Grove Lodge Care Home, Stockport:  Requires improvement
• The Croft Care Home, Wakefield:  Requires improvement
• Court Nursing Home, Wirral:  Requires improvement
   
• Ravenswing Manor Residential Care Home, Blackburn with Darwen:  Inadequate
• Park View Nursing Home Limited, Calderdale:  Inadequate
• Le Grand Nursing Home, Lancashire:  Inadequate
• Oxen Barn, Lancashire:  Inadequate
• Woodlands Nursing Home, North Yorkshire:  Inadequate
• Marland Court, Rochdale:  Inadequate
• Madison Court, St. Helens:  Inadequate
• Stockingate Residential Home, Wakefield:  Inadequate

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