SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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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?71%Good
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Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 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. ?
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. ?
Dundoran Nursing and Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 55 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dundoran Nursing and Residential Home is a 39-bed nursing home in Birkenhead, Wirral, run by Newbloom (Dundoran) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 84% of homes in Wirral also score 5. 55 other homes in Wirral share its tier, “Good”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
Its CQC rating, from March 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. That is up from Requires improvement in September 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Wirral, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “kindness, compassion and dignity” (some shortfalls).
