Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Greenacres Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Greenacres Care Home is a 28-bed residential care home in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire also score 5. In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Greenacres Care Home Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Suillean House (Good), 1.0 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in May 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
