Residential care home · Lancashire

Healey House

1 Oakenshaw Avenue, Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8ST

Outstanding Safe: GoodEffective: OutstandingCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 4 months ago

CQC rating

Outstanding
Published 12 June 2026 Rated 4 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?81%Good
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    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
    • Involving people to manage risksExceptional
    • Medicines optimisationExceptional
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?92%Outstanding
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    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Assessing needsExceptional
    • Consent to care and treatmentExceptional
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%Outstanding
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    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
    • Independence, choice and controlExceptional
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
    • Treating people as individualsExceptional
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?86%Good
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    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
    • Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
    • Person-centred careExceptional
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
    • Shared direction and cultureExceptional

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2017OutstandingSECRW
  • January 2015GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Lancashire

Healey House is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 13 other homes in Lancashire. 83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 14 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 13 (3%)
  • Good 258 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 66 (16%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 20 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Oakenshaw House
    Rochdale, Lancashire · OL12 8SP · Residential care home · 5 beds0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Holt Mill House
    Rochdale, Lancashire · OL12 8AA · Residential care home · 3 beds1.3 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Mount View House
    Rochdale · OL12 9PP · Residential care home · 7 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Stonehill Drive
    Rochdale · OL12 7JN · Residential care home · 4 beds1.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Fieldhouse Care Home
    Rochdale · OL12 6EJ · Residential care home · 42 beds2.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Your Care Matters Group Ltd - Great Flatt House
    Rochdale · OL12 7AS · Residential care home · 3 beds2.7 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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Other homes run by Healey Care Limited

4 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Oakenshaw House
    Rochdale, Lancashire · OL12 8SP · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Woodleigh House
    Rossendale, Lancashire · BB4 7BD · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Holt Mill House
    Rochdale, Lancashire · OL12 8AA · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago

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Healey House in brief

Run by Healey Care Limited, Healey House is a residential care home in Rochdale, Lancashire with 10 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.

In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5. Healey Care Limited runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest.

CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for effective and caring as well. For safe, responsive and well-led, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in November 2017, was the same. Ratings in Lancashire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 14 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.