InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: InadequateRated 2 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%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 livesSome shortfalls
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?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 5 good, 28 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Beechwood Care Home is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in North Yorkshire.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Premier Nursing Homes Limited, Beechwood Care Home is a nursing home in Northallerton, North Yorkshire with 60 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in North Yorkshire, where the typical home has 29 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in April 2023, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in North Yorkshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 28 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
About 0.5 km away, Southwoods Nursing Home is rated Requires improvement. It is one of 4 homes run by Premier Nursing Homes Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in North Yorkshire. It is the only home in North Yorkshire in the “Inadequate” tier.
