SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based 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?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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?64%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Beechwood Specialist Services is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 12 other homes in Liverpool.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Beechwood Specialist Services is one of 85 care homes in Liverpool: a 60-bed nursing home in Liverpool, run by Beechwood (Liverpool) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with an eating disorder. The typical home in Liverpool has 36 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. In Liverpool, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 2 (improvement necessary), from November 2025. In Liverpool, 64% of homes score 5.
CQC last rated the home in July 2025, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in October 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Liverpool are typically about 2 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “person-centred care”.
