SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?25%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?42%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?40%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?43%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
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: 1 good, 32 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Bell House Care Home Limited is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Bell House Care Home Limited is a 24-bed residential care home in Huddersfield, Kirklees. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. That is down from Requires improvement in March 2022. The typical rating in Kirklees is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 32 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Bishops Way (Requires improvement), 1.6 km away. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Across Kirklees, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in April 2025. 79% of homes in Kirklees score the top mark of 5.
