SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?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: 32 good, 1 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. ?
Lindisfarne Newton Aycliffe is in the Good tier ?, with 99 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lindisfarne Newton Aycliffe is a 56-bed nursing home in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, run by Gainford Care Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Gainford Care Homes Limited runs 13 care homes, and all 12 rated are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 84% of homes in County Durham also score 5. 99 other homes in County Durham share its tier, “Good”.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in February 2025. Its previous rating, in November 2022, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in County Durham is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
