Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 14 good, 19 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. ?
Althorpe Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in North Lincolnshire.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Althorpe Residential Home is one of 59 care homes in North Lincolnshire: a 20-bed residential care home in Scunthorpe, run by Complete Care (UK) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in May 2019, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in North Lincolnshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 19 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
11 other homes in North Lincolnshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in March 2025. 78% of homes in North Lincolnshire score the top mark of 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Holly House Care Home (Good), 0.5 km away.
