SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?90%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 6 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Blythgate Manor is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Northumberland.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Lifestyle Care (North East) Opco Limited, Blythgate Manor is a nursing home in Blyth, Northumberland with 60 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Northumberland are smaller: the median there is 36 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 95% of homes in Northumberland also score 5. In Northumberland, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Tynedale House (Outstanding), 0.0 km away. Lifestyle Care (North East) Opco Limited runs 3 care homes, and all 3 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. Its previous rating, in June 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Northumberland is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “learning culture”.
