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
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
Barton Brook Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Salford.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ultimate Care Limited runs Barton Brook Care Home, a nursing home in Manchester, Salford with room for 120 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Salford has 31 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
About 0.7 km away, Wolsey House is rated Good. 1 of Ultimate Care Limited’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Salford, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from February 2026. In Salford, 65% of homes score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective as Good. That is up from Inadequate in December 2023. Ratings in Salford are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 22 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
