Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Abafields Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 8 other homes in Bolton.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Abafields Residential Home
Abafields Residential Home is one of 59 care homes in Bolton: a 52-bed residential care home in Bolton, run by Coulson & Collins Care Home Ltd. It is registered to care for older people and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Bolton, where the typical home has 28 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in May 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Bolton, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 9 standards out of 33 scored below good.
8 other homes in Bolton share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Bolton. About 0.2 km away, Morden Grange is rated Good.
