SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
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?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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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
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: 32 good, 1 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. ?
Hourigan House Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 36 other homes in Wigan.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hourigan House Residential Care Home is one of 61 care homes in Wigan: a 40-bed residential care home in Leigh, run by Croftwood Care UK Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
Its CQC rating, from February 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in January 2019. The typical rating in Wigan is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “listening to and involving people”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2025. That is true of 64% of homes in Wigan. 36 other homes in Wigan share its tier, “Good”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 19 homes run by Croftwood Care UK Limited. 18 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
