SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?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?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Birkdale Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in Kingston upon Hull, City of.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hatzfeld Care (Gainsborough) Limited runs Birkdale Court, a residential care home in Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of with room for 44 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Kingston upon Hull, City of has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in October 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Kingston upon Hull, City of, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 17 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. That is true of 87% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, City of. 19 other homes in Kingston upon Hull, City of share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Hatzfeld Care (Gainsborough) Limited runs 3 care homes, and 0 of the 1 rated are Good or Outstanding. Durham Street, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
