SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Bright Meadows is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Bolton.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Harbour Healthcare 1 Ltd runs Bright Meadows, a nursing home in Bolton with room for 121 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Bolton, where the typical home has 28 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 84% of homes in Bolton also score 5. Across Bolton, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 3 of Harbour Healthcare 1 Ltd’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC's latest rating, from December 2025, is Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in September 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Bolton, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
