SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
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: 20 good, 13 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Castlethorpe Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in North Lincolnshire.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Castlethorpe Nursing Home is a 59-bed residential care home in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, run by P&N Care Home Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with an eating disorder. That is larger than most homes in North Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. 78% of homes in North Lincolnshire also score 5. In North Lincolnshire, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Carseld Residential Home, 1.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2021. Ratings in North Lincolnshire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
