Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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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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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Country View Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in North Northamptonshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Country View Nursing Home is one of 108 care homes in North Northamptonshire: a 30-bed nursing home in Kettering, run by Countryview (Warkton) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with a physical disability.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in December 2019. The typical rating in North Northamptonshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2025. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire. In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.5 km away, The Old Vicarage is rated Good.
