Nursing home · West Northamptonshire

Cliftonville Care Home

Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5BE

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 17 July 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • 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?70%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 7 below good
    • 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
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2019GoodSECRW
  • February 2017GoodSECRW
  • March 2015GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in West Northamptonshire

Cliftonville Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 9 other homes in West Northamptonshire. 70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 11 (11%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (3%)
  • Good 44 (42%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (27%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (7%)

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  • St Andrews Healthcare – 21 The Avenue
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  • St Andrews Healthcare – 19 The Avenue
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    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • St Andrew's Healthcare - 17 The Avenue
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • The Angela Grace Care Centre
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About Cliftonville Care Home

Run by Avery Homes Cliftonville Limited, Cliftonville Care Home is a nursing home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire with 106 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in West Northamptonshire has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

9 other homes in West Northamptonshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire also score 5. Of the 4 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC's latest rating, from July 2024, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in December 2022. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.