SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?79%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 4 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Appletree Grange is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 3 other homes in Gateshead.
98% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Appletree Grange is one of 48 care homes in Gateshead: a 32-bed residential care home in Chester Le Street, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2025. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2022. The typical rating in Gateshead is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “delivering evidence-based care and treatment”, one of 2 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Gateshead. Across Gateshead, 98% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 210 homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. 175 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
