Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?65%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Conifers Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in Barnsley.
82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Jutrad Limited runs Conifers Nursing Home, a nursing home in Barnsley with room for 33 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in April 2020. Ratings in Barnsley are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2026. That is true of 80% of homes in Barnsley. In Barnsley, 82% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Dove Valley Mews (Good), 0.5 km away.
