SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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. ?
Golden Horizon Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 109 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Golden Horizon Care Home is one of 171 care homes in Worcestershire: a 21-bed residential care home in Bewdley, run by AARJ Care Services Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Worcestershire has 35 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. AARJ Care Services Ltd has run the home since February 2025, when it changed owner. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Worcestershire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. 92% of homes in Worcestershire also score 5.
Its CQC rating, from June 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in September 2019, was the same. Ratings in Worcestershire 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 “assessing needs” (some shortfalls).
