SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Lindisfarne Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 7 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Gainford Care Homes Limited, Lindisfarne Care Home is a nursing home in Newton Hall, County Durham with 63 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in County Durham has 40 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 84% of homes in County Durham also score 5. Across County Durham, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Gainford Care Homes Limited runs 13 care homes, and all 12 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Hawthorn House (Outstanding), 0.1 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2018, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in December 2015, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 29% of homes in County Durham. Here is how rating age varies by council.
