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?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based 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?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Clarkson House Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Tameside.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Clarkson House Residential Care Home
Clarkson House Residential Care Home is one of 42 care homes in Tameside: a 28-bed residential care home in Ashton-Under-Lyne, run by Tulsi Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2025. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in June 2023. Ratings in Tameside are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “monitoring and improving outcomes” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 85% of homes in Tameside. 3 other homes in Tameside share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
