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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Appleby Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in Knowsley.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Regal Care (Liverpool) Ltd, Appleby Court Care Home is a nursing home in Kirkby, Knowsley with 60 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Knowsley, where the typical home has 40 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. 67% of homes in Knowsley also score 5. In Knowsley, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Kirkby House Residential Care Home (Good), 1.2 km away. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in October 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
