GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since September 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?66%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Ferndale Court Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Halton.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Landona House Limited runs Ferndale Court Nursing Home, a nursing home in Widnes, Halton with room for 58 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Halton, where the typical home has 29 beds.
Across Halton, 75% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. 75% of homes in Halton also score 5. Landona House Limited has run the home since September 2024, when it changed owner. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 10 of Landona House Limited’s 13 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC's latest rating, from February 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated caring as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in March 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Halton is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 15 standards out of 33 scored below good.
