Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Halton View Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Halton.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Halton View Care Home is a 64-bed residential care home in Widnes, Halton, run by Hill Care 1 Limited. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Halton has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from October 2025. In Halton, 75% of homes score 5. Across Halton, 75% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Millbrow Care Home, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 4 homes run by Hill Care 1 Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in May 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in October 2023, it was rated Inadequate. The typical rating in Halton is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 7 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
