Residential care home · Gloucestershire

Fern Croft

14 Heathville Road, Gloucester, GL1 3DS

Good Safe: GoodEffective: OutstandingCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 6 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 31 December 2019 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Outstanding
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2017GoodSECRW
  • April 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Gloucestershire

Fern Croft is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 19 other homes in Gloucestershire. 87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 12 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 20 (10%)
  • Good 118 (61%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 14 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 25 (13%)
  • Not yet rated 5 (3%)

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Other homes run by New Beginnings (Gloucester) Ltd

3 care homes in total: 3 Good.

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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Fern Croft in brief

New Beginnings (Gloucester) Ltd runs Fern Croft, a residential care home in Gloucester, Gloucestershire with room for 7 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Gloucestershire, where the median is 25 beds.

19 other homes in Gloucestershire share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. New Beginnings (Gloucester) Ltd runs 3 care homes, and all 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC last rated the home in December 2019, giving it Good overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated effective as Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from June 2017. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 49% of homes in Gloucestershire. Here is how rating age varies by council.