SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?87%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in accessExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 8 exceptional, 17 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. ?
Run by Home from Home Care Limited, Kirk House is a residential care home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire with 11 registered beds. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2024. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2020, was Outstanding, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Lincolnshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 17 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (significant shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Orchard Lodge (Outstanding), 0.0 km away. 10 of Home from Home Care Limited’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2022. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire.
