SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Learning cultureExceptional
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?90%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?86%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Hunters Care Centre is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 19 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hunters Care Centre is one of 194 care homes in Gloucestershire: a 85-bed nursing home in Cirencester, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in November 2025, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from March 2020. The typical rating in Gloucestershire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 7 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
175 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited’s 198 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. That is true of 91% of homes in Gloucestershire. Across Gloucestershire, 87% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
