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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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Run by Active Care Homes Limited, Cantley House is a residential care home in Doncaster with 3 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Doncaster, where the typical home has 29 beds.
In Doncaster, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from March 2024. In Doncaster, 83% of homes score 5. It is one of 7 homes run by Active Care Homes Limited. 5 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.3 km away, Lennon House is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in October 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
