Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 11 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Barrowhill Hall is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
MOP Healthcare Limited runs Barrowhill Hall, a nursing home in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire with room for 74 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Staffordshire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in January 2023, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Staffordshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 12 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
49 other homes in Staffordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in October 2025. 85% of homes in Staffordshire score the top mark of 5. About 1.9 km away, Parkbrook Lodge is rated Good.
