Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome 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: 18 good, 15 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. ?
The Sheffield Royal Society For The Blind runs Cairn Home, a residential care home in Sheffield with room for 30 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in June 2019, it was rated Good. 15 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe and effective staffing”.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2024. That is true of 82% of homes in Sheffield. In Sheffield, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.4 km away, Moorville House is rated Outstanding.
