SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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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 togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 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. ?
Flightcare Limited runs Beechcroft, a nursing home in Prenton, Wirral with room for 43 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Wirral are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
26 other homes in Wirral share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 84% of homes in Wirral also score 5. It is one of 5 homes run by Flightcare Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.1 km away, Oxton Grange Care Home is rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in July 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in April 2022. 26 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
