Birkin Lodge Care Home

Camden Park, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AE

South East · Kent · nursing

Requires improvement

Key question ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Responsive
Good

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2016-03-30Requires improvementnewUnratedRequires improvementBirkin Lodge received a 'Requires Improvement' rating primarily due to unsafe medicines management practices and incomplete record-keeping, despite improvements in other areas. While the home demonstrated good caring practices and effective care delivery, inconsistent administration of medicines, gaps in documentation, and incomplete care plans meant people were not always receiving their prescribed medications safely or on time.
2015-09-03UnratedUnratedUnrated
2015-04-22UnratedUnratedUnrated
2014-10-25UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-12-04UnratedUnratedUnrated
2012-09-12UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-12-07UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-11-02UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-08-07UnratedUnratedUnrated
2011-04-20UnratedUnratedUnrated