In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 49 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, 28 have been rated as Good, 13 have been Requires Improvement and 8 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 49 inspections are available on this website.
Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:
- Springfield Cottage Residential Home, Blackburn with Darwen: Good
- Links Lodge, Blackpool: Good
- Amber Banks Care Home, Blackpool: Good
- Kingscourt, Cheshire West and Chester: Good
- Lumley Residential Home, County Durham: Good
- Croftfield Residential Care Home, Cumbria: Good
- Howard Court Care Home, Cumbria: Good
- Holicote, Darlington: Good
- Thorne House, Doncaster: Good
- The Quays, Doncaster: Good
- Hollybrook House, Doncaster: Good
- The Grove, Gateshead: Good
- Ferndale Mews, Halton: Good
- Sheraton Court, Hartlepool: Good
- Foxglove Care Limited, Kingston upon Hull, City of: Good
- Park View, Lancashire: Good
- Burley House Nursing Home, Leeds: Good
- Coble House, North Tyneside: Good
- Martin Grange, North Yorkshire: Good
- Hexham, Northumberland: Good
- Keele Drive, Northumberland: Good
- Marske Hall - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities, Redcar and Cleveland: Good
- Harelands House, Rochdale: Good
- St Pauls, Rotherham: Good
- Premier Care Limited - Salford Homecare Branch, Salford: Good
- Dean View Villas, South Tyneside: Good
- All Saints Vicarage, Sunderland: Good
- Elgin Lodge, Wirral: Good
- Old Gates Residential and Nursing Home, Blackburn with Darwen: Requires improvement
- Hope Residential Care, Blackpool: Requires improvement
- Caremark (Cheshire North East), Cheshire East: Requires improvement
- Lambton House, County Durham: Requires improvement
- Ark Home Healthcare, Leeds: Requires improvement
- Thomas Leigh Care Home, Liverpool: Requires improvement
- Dulverton House, North Yorkshire: Requires improvement
- Harewood House, North Yorkshire: Requires improvement
- Sunshine Solutions, North Yorkshire: Requires improvement
- Dene Grange, Northumberland: Requires improvement
- Housing & Care 21 - Dovecote Meadow, Sunderland: Requires improvement
- Greatwood House, Tameside: Requires improvement
- 54a, Wakefield: Requires improvement
- Column Care (North West) Limited, Blackpool: Inadequate
- St Ives Disabled Care Centre, Bradford: Inadequate
- Lands House, Calderdale: Inadequate
- Adlington Manor, Cheshire East: Inadequate
- Sandiway Lodge Residential Home, Cheshire West and Chester: Inadequate
- Highgrove Care Home, Doncaster: Inadequate
- Hazel House Care Home, Lancashire: Inadequate
- Walkden Manor, Salford: Inadequate
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