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
| Published | Overall | Change | Transition | AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-30 | Requires improvement | new | Unrated→Requires improvement | Birkin 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. |
| 2015-09-03 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2015-04-22 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2014-10-25 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2013-12-04 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2012-09-12 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2011-12-07 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2011-11-02 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2011-08-07 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — | |
| 2011-04-20 | Unrated | Unrated→Unrated | — |