SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe environmentsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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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
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?71%Good
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Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 2 exceptional, 3 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. ?
Ashurst is a 5-bed residential care home in Bolton, run by Care In Mind Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with an eating disorder and children. That is smaller than most homes in Bolton, where the typical home has 28 beds.
In June 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from September 2023. The typical rating in Bolton is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 3 standards out of 33 scored below good.
7 of Care In Mind Limited’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Bolton, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
