SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?81%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Involving people to manage risksExceptional
Safe and effective staffingExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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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
Assessing needsExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?100%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?96%★Outstanding
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Planning for the futureGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in accessExceptional
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
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: 19 good, 14 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Langdale House is a 10-bed residential care home in Huddersfield, Kirklees, run by Isand Limited. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Kirklees, where the median is 23 beds.
In Kirklees, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2023. 79% of homes in Kirklees also score 5. It is one of 6 homes run by Isand Limited. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Outstanding overall. Caring and responsive were also Outstanding. For safe, effective and well-led, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in January 2019, was Good, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Kirklees is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 14 were exceptional.
