Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 8 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
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?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?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Laurel Court (Didsbury) is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in Manchester.
82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Methodist Homes runs Laurel Court (Didsbury), a nursing home in Didsbury, Manchester with room for 91 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Manchester has 21 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in March 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Manchester, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
It is one of 69 homes run by Methodist Homes. 60 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Downing House (Good), 0.4 km away. In Manchester, 82% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 87% of homes in Manchester.
