Lear House, 17 Darmonds Green, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DT
Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
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?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 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. ?
Abbeyfield Lear House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 26 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Abbeyfield Lear House is one of 112 care homes in Wirral: a 33-bed residential care home in Wirral, run by Abbeyfield Hoylake & West Kirby Society Limited. It is registered to care for older people.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in June 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Wirral is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 18 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “infection prevention and control”.
In Wirral, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in Wirral. The nearest home with a higher rating is The Old Garden Care Home (Good), 1.6 km away.
