SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
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?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?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 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. ?
Halmer Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Glenholme Senior Living (Spalding) Limited, Halmer Court is a residential care home in Spalding, Lincolnshire with 61 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2023. The typical rating in Lincolnshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 16 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is SENSE - 21a and 21b Johnson Avenue (Good), 1.1 km away. 61 other homes in Lincolnshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire.
