In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 64 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the South of England.
Following recent inspections, 33 of these care homes and agencies supporting people in their own homes have been rated as Good, 28 have been rated Requires Improvement, three have been rated Inadequate.
Under CQC’s programme of inspections, all of England’s adult social care services regulated by CQC, are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.
Deborah Ivanova, CQC's Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care, said:
"People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. We assess services against five key questions – Is the service caring? Is the service effective? Is the service safe? Is the service well led? Is the service responsive? – and rate each question and the service overall. Where we find a service meets our characteristics of good or outstanding then we will rate accordingly.
"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. Providers of those services should take the publication of the inadequate rating as a signal that immediate action is required to improve the service”
Full reports on all 64 inspections are available on this website.
Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:
- Lakeside Care Centre, Buckinghamshire: Good
- Copper Beeches Lodge, Cornwall: Good
- Fairfield House, Cornwall: Good
- Pendrea House, Cornwall: Good
- The Crescent Residential Care Home, Cornwall: Good
- Albany House - Redruth, Cornwall: Good
- Porthgwara Nursing Home, Cornwall: Good
- Qura Brain Injury Service, Cornwall: Good
- Bourne Bridge House, Devon: Good
- Kazlum Support Ltd, Devon: Good
- The Warren Care Home, Devon: Good
- Springfield Residential Home, Devon: Good
- Fairlight Manor, East Sussex: Good
- Ambleside, Gloucestershire: Good
- Sandfields, Gloucestershire: Good
- Stepping Stones Red Marley, Gloucestershire: Good
- Infinity Care Limited, Hampshire: Good
- Beechcroft Manor Nursing Home, Hampshire: Good
- Chesterholm Lodge, Hampshire: Good
- Penshurst, Isle of Wight: Good
- Hillbeck Residential Care Home, Kent: Good
- Welcome House - 66 Milton Road, Medway: Good
- Bella Care Home, Plymouth: Good
- Drake Homecare Limited, Plymouth: Good
- Focus House, Reading: Good
- Bedrock Lodge, South Gloucestershire: Good
- Badgers House Care Home, South Gloucestershire: Good
- Shaftesbury Rest Home, Southampton: Good
- Chipstead Lodge Residential Care Home, Surrey: Good
- Warwick House, Torbay: Good
- Clapham Lodge Care Home, West Sussex: Good
- Number 73, West Sussex: Good
- The Mount Care Home, Wokingham: Good
- Trevarna, Cornwall: Requires improvement
- Cameroon, Devon: Requires improvement
- Mount Pleasant Care Home, Devon: Requires improvement
- Overleat Residential Care Home, Devon: Requires improvement
- Redmount Residential Care Home, Devon: Requires improvement
- Seabrook House Limited, Devon: Requires improvement
- Alfriston Court Luxury Care Home, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Hazelwood, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Heffle Court, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Shinewater Court, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Cathedral View, Gloucestershire: Requires improvement
- Parton House, Gloucestershire: Requires improvement
- Steephill, Isle of Wight: Requires improvement
- Abbeyfield - The Dynes, Kent: Requires improvement
- SC Support & Care Services Limited, Kent: Requires improvement
- St Stephens Nursing Home, Kent: Requires improvement
- The Old Rectory Residential Home, Kent: Requires improvement
- Wyvern Lodge, North Somerset: Requires improvement
- Amber House - Didcot, Oxfordshire: Requires improvement
- Orchard House, Oxfordshire: Requires improvement
- The Ridings, Oxfordshire: Requires improvement
- Jasmine, Somerset: Requires improvement
- Cherry Lodge Rest Home, Surrey: Requires improvement
- Wesley Lodge, Surrey: Requires improvement
- Lincombe Manor, Torbay: Requires improvement
- St Bridget's - Care Home Physical Disabilities, West Sussex: Requires improvement
- Blenheim House Specialist Care Centre, Wiltshire: Requires improvement
- White Lodge Care Home Limited, Windsor and Maidenhead: Requires improvement
- Highfield Manor Care Home, Bournemouth: Inadequate
- Birchlands, Surrey: Inadequate
- The Cedars Nursing Home, Wiltshire: Inadequate
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