SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 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. ?
Hilltop Court Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Stockport.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Hilltop Court Nursing Home
Hilltop Court Nursing Home is a 50-bed nursing home in Stockport, run by Harbour Healthcare Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people who use drugs or alcohol.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2026. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective as Good. That matches its previous rating, from January 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Stockport, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 21 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 96% of homes in Stockport. In Stockport, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Harbour Healthcare Ltd runs 12 care homes, and 7 of the 12 rated are Good or Outstanding. Bruce Lodge, 1.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
