SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
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: 25 good, 8 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Brook House Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 9 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Aria Healthcare Group LTD runs Brook House Care Home, a nursing home in Towcester, West Northamptonshire with room for 53 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in West Northamptonshire are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2026. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated effective as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in West Northamptonshire, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Blakesley, 6.9 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Aria Healthcare Group LTD runs 38 care homes, and 34 of the 38 rated are Good or Outstanding. In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
