SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
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?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?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Beckfield House Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Allington Healthcare Limited, Beckfield House Residential Home is a residential care home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire with 27 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
About 1.6 km away, An Caladh House is rated Outstanding. 61 other homes in Lincolnshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in November 2019. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 8 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
