SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?100%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?82%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 25 good, 7 exceptional, 1 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Harwood Court Care Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Northumberland.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Harwood Care Limited, Harwood Court Care Home is a residential care home in Cramlington, Northumberland with 35 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. Its rating before that, in February 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Northumberland, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 1 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (some shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Jane Percy House (Outstanding), 2.1 km away. In Northumberland, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The home changed owner in January 2025. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Northumberland.
