SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Castle Dene is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 7 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council runs Castle Dene, a residential care home in Newcastle upon Tyne with room for 8 residents. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Newcastle upon Tyne has 35 beds, so this one is on the small side.
7 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 3 of Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in January 2020. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in June 2017, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 33% of ratings in Newcastle upon Tyne are as old (how rating age varies by council).
