SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Dairy Lane Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Sunderland.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dairy Lane Care Centre is a 22-bed residential care home in Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, run by Dairy Lane (St. Michael's) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
In Sunderland, 93% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 96% of homes in Sunderland also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2023. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from July 2018.
