SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
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. ?
Avalon Park Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Oldham.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Avalon Park Care Home is a 60-bed residential care home in Oldham, run by HC-One Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Oldham are smaller: the median there is 32 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in August 2019. Ratings in Oldham are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 11 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Avalon Park Care Home, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. HC-One Limited runs 66 care homes, and 54 of the 66 rated are Good or Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 7 other homes in Oldham share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. That is true of 76% of homes in Oldham.
