SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 30 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme
Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme is a 74-bed nursing home in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Staffordshire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
CQC last rated the home in March 2021, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 51% of ratings in Staffordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Across Staffordshire, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. That is true of 85% of homes in Staffordshire. It is one of 8 homes run by Belong Limited. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
