Nursing home · St. Helens

Eccleston Court Care Home

Holme Road, Eccleston, St. Helens, WA10 5NW

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 20 May 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown8 of 8 below good
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
  • 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?50%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessSome shortfalls
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 7 below good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

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

CQC scored 33 standards: 6 good, 27 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • February 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • July 2019InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • June 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • November 2017InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • July 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

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 St. Helens

Eccleston Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 1 other home in St. Helens. 89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 2 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 28 (68%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 2 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 2 (5%)
  • Inadequate 2 (5%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (10%)

See all 41 care homes in St. Helens →

Care homes nearby

  • The Waterside Care Home
    St. Helens · WA10 5NS · Nursing home · 64 beds0.5 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Parkside (St Helens) Limited
    St Helens, St. Helens · WA10 3AB · Residential care home · 30 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Thomas House (St Helens) Limited
    St Helens, St. Helens · WA10 3TS · Residential care home · 28 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
  • Grace Court Care Centre
    St. Helens · WA10 3UU · Nursing home · 30 beds1.2 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • Ruskin Lodge
    St Helens, St. Helens · WA10 6AW · Residential care home · 23 beds1.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Greenfields Care Home
    St Helens, St. Helens · WA10 6RA · Residential care home · 30 beds1.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago

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Other homes run by Park Homes (UK) Limited

12 care homes in total: 8 Good, 4 Requires improvement.

  • Allerton Park Care Centre
    Bradford · BD15 7RT · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Charlotte Grange Care Home
    Hartlepool · TS26 9JY · Residential care home · 46 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Claremont Care Home
    Farsley, Leeds · LS28 5BF · Nursing home · 63 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 months ago
  • Eachstep Blackburn
    Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen · BB2 3LP · Nursing home · 64 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Eachstep Blackley
    Manchester · M9 7ED · Nursing home · 60 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Hazel Bank Care Home
    Bradford · BD9 6BN · Nursing home · 39 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 10 months ago

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What the data says about Eccleston Court Care Home

Eccleston Court Care Home is one of 41 care homes in St. Helens: a 54-bed nursing home in St. Helens, run by Park Homes (UK) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in St. Helens has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

CQC last rated the home in May 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Good. Its rating before that, in June 2022, was the same. Ratings in St. Helens are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 27 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.

It is one of 12 homes run by Park Homes (UK) Limited. 8 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Parkside (St Helens) Limited (Good), 0.9 km away. In St. Helens, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. That is true of 86% of homes in St. Helens. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.