SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?34%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?68%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited runs Larkhill Hall, a residential care home in Liverpool with room for 66 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Liverpool has 36 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2024. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from September 2023. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. It is one of 10 homes run by Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited. 7 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.6 km away, Minshull House is rated Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2023. That is true of 64% of homes in Liverpool. 21 other homes in Liverpool share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
