Orchard House Residential Care Home
Orchard House Residential Care Home is a care home in Kettering, run by R Sons (Homes) Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in March 2023 (last checked 17 March 2023). It has 33 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
- Care home without nursing
155 Barton Road, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6RT
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 15 November 2022.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 17 March 2023.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 3 years ago (17 March 2023)Is it effective?
Goodrated 7 years ago (29 November 2018)Is it caring?
Goodrated 7 years ago (29 November 2018)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 7 years ago (29 November 2018)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (17 March 2023)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from March 2023. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement15 November 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement11 March 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement30 June 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good16 December 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good29 November 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement15 November 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good7 October 2015Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Physical disability, Mental health needs
- Number of beds
- 33
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 19 January 2011
- Local council area
- North Northamptonshire
Who runs it
- Provider
- R Sons (Homes) Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation