SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome 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?62%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Arbour Court is a 60-bed nursing home in Stockport, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Stockport, where the typical home has 36 beds.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in June 2025. Its rating before that, in October 2019, was the same. The typical rating in Stockport is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 8 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
In Stockport, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 96% of homes in Stockport. Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 210 care homes, and 175 of the 198 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
