Residential care home · Liverpool

Ash Court Care Home

Brookside Avenue, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, L14 7NB

Good Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 12 May 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 8 below good
    • 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
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2023GoodSECRW
  • January 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • July 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • January 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Liverpool

Ash Court Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 12 other homes in Liverpool. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (4%)
  • Good 35 (41%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 22 (26%)
  • Inadequate 5 (6%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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  • Mayfield Court
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    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Molineux House
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Other homes run by HC-One Limited

66 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 52 Good, 12 Requires improvement.

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    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 1 year ago
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Richmond House
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Rose Court Nursing and Residential Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 2 years ago
  • The Orchards
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 2 months ago

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What the data says about Ash Court Care Home

Ash Court Care Home is a 42-bed residential care home in Liverpool, run by HC-One Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2025. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in December 2023. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (some shortfalls).

The nearest home with a higher rating is Mayfield Court (Outstanding), 0.7 km away. HC-One Limited runs 66 care homes, and 54 of the 66 rated are Good or Outstanding. 12 other homes in Liverpool share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.