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 South of England.
Following recent inspections, 23 of these care homes and agencies supporting people in their own homes have been rated as Good, 19 have been rated Requires Improvement and two have been rated Inadequate.
Under CQC’s new 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.
Adrian Hughes, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care, 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, so providers of those service should take the publication of the inadequate rating as a signal that immediate action is required to improve the service”
Full reports on all 44 inspections are available on this website.
Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:
- Evergreen, Bristol, City of: Good
- Whitelodge Care Home, Bristol, City of: Good
- Jack Simpson House Residential Home, Devon: Good
- The Old Rectory Nursing Home, Devon: Good
- The White House, Devon: Good
- Clarence House, Dorset: Good
- Newstone House, Dorset: Good
- Nutley Hall, East Sussex: Good
- Upperton Gardens, East Sussex: Good
- Gypsy Corner (Registered Care Home), Gloucestershire: Good
- Manchester Court, Gloucestershire: Good
- The Birches Nursing Home, Hampshire: Good
- Heathfield Residential Home, Kent: Good
- St John Home, Kent: Good
- Wyvern Lodge, North Somerset: Good
- HF Trust - Milton Heights, Oxfordshire: Good
- Bull Point House & Annex, Plymouth: Good
- Consort House Nursing Home, Plymouth: Good
- Caremark (West Berkshire and Reading), Reading: Good
- David Gresham House, Surrey: Good
- Dimensions 4a Ash Street, Surrey: Good
- Green Acres, Surrey: Good
- Prosignia Limited - 14 Church Lane Avenue, Surrey: Good
- Westcroft Nursing Home and Domiciliary Care, Bath and North East Somerset: Requires improvement
- Merstone Hall, Bournemouth: Requires improvement
- Dean Wood Nursing and Residential Care Home, Brighton and Hove: Requires improvement
- Bradley House Residential Care Home, Bristol, City of: Requires improvement
- St Martin's, Cornwall: Requires improvement
- Dene Court Residential Care Home, Devon: Requires improvement
- Bowes House, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Tredegar Care Home, East Sussex: Requires improvement
- Knightsbridge Lodge, Gloucestershire: Requires improvement
- Livability Lifestyle Choices West, Gloucestershire: Requires improvement
- Cams Ridge, Hampshire: Requires improvement
- Gorseway Care Community, Hampshire: Requires improvement
- Marwa Nursing Home, Hampshire: Requires improvement
- Willow Court Nursing Home, Hampshire: Requires improvement
- Fairby Grange, Kent: Requires improvement
- Frindsbury Hall Care Home, Medway: Requires improvement
- Jubilee House, Surrey: Requires improvement
- Wispers Park Care Village, Surrey: Requires improvement
- Southbourne Care Home, Torbay: Requires improvement
- MiHomecare - Bristol, Bristol, City of: Inadequate
- Oaktree Care Home, South Gloucestershire: Inadequate
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For further information please contact CQC Regional Engagement Manager John Scott on 0191 2333548. Or call the CQC press office on 020 7448 9401 during office hours or out of hours on 07789 876508. For general enquiries, call 03000 61 61 61.
People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care.
Adrian Hughes, Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care