Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 9 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Constantia Healthcare Limited runs Linson Court, a nursing home in Batley, Kirklees with room for 40 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Kirklees are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in December 2021. Ratings in Kirklees are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe and effective staffing”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees. 25 other homes in Kirklees share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Constantia Healthcare Limited runs 5 care homes, and 4 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. 61 Track Road, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
