SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 4 good, 29 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. ?
Clarence House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Doncaster.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Clarence House Care Home is a 78-bed nursing home in Mexborough, Doncaster, run by Crown Care VI Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Doncaster are smaller: the median there is 29 beds.
Its CQC rating, from November 2025, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in January 2024, was the same. 29 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe and effective staffing”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. That is true of 83% of homes in Doncaster. In Doncaster, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Crown Care VI Limited runs 6 care homes, and 5 of the 6 rated are Good or Outstanding. 19 Lower Dolcliffe Road, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
