SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%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
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Kingsway Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kingsway Nursing Home is one of 142 care homes in County Durham: a 42-bed nursing home in Durham, run by Kingsway Care Home Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in March 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in December 2019, it was rated Good. The typical rating in County Durham is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in County Durham. Across County Durham, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. About 0.3 km away, Langley Park Care Home is rated Good.
