Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
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?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome 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
Consent to care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant 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?62%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Gingercroft Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Gingercroft Residential Home is a 21-bed residential care home in Stafford, Staffordshire, run by Sallong Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in December 2023, it was rated Inadequate. That is more recent than most ratings in Staffordshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (significant shortfalls).
49 other homes in Staffordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. That is true of 85% of homes in Staffordshire. The Old Post Office Residential Home, 2.8 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
