SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Abington Park View Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Abington Park View Care Home is a 29-bed residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, run by Golden Care (UK) Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
Ardington House, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire also score 5. 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in April 2020. Ratings in West Northamptonshire are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “delivering evidence-based care and treatment”.
