SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?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: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Cambridge Park - Community Inpatient Unit (CIU) is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in North East Lincolnshire.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
About Cambridge Park - Community Inpatient Unit (CIU)
Cambridge Park - Community Inpatient Unit (CIU) is a 52-bed nursing home in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, run by Care Plus Group (North East Lincolnshire) Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in North East Lincolnshire are smaller: the median there is 34 beds.
About 0.2 km away, Fairways Care Home is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 87% of homes in North East Lincolnshire also score 5. In North East Lincolnshire, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in March 2023. Ratings in North East Lincolnshire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 12 standards out of 33 scored below good.
