SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Holmes House Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Prime Life Limited runs Holmes House Care Home, a residential care home in Leicester, Leicestershire with room for 49 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Leicestershire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in January 2023, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 11 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 54 homes run by Prime Life Limited. 43 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
