SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Balmoral Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Crown Care IV Limited, Balmoral Court Care Home is a nursing home in Newcastle upon Tyne with 99 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Newcastle upon Tyne has 35 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in February 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Newcastle upon Tyne, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. 15 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is The Grove (Good), 0.0 km away. It is one of 6 homes run by Crown Care IV Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Newcastle upon Tyne. In Newcastle upon Tyne, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
