Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Abbeyfield House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Stockport.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Caritas Services Limited, Abbeyfield House is a nursing home in Gatley, Stockport with 7 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Stockport, where the median is 36 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2026. 96% of homes in Stockport also score 5. 16 other homes in Stockport share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Caritas Services Limited runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Oakview Residential Care Home (Good), 0.1 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in October 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
