SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
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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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
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. ?
Elton Park Care Home is a 35-bed residential care home in Ipswich, Suffolk, run by South Coast Care Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
In August 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in June 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Suffolk are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). South Coast Care Homes Limited runs 5 care homes, and 2 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 1.2 km away, Asterbury Place is rated Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
