SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?68%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Lyngate Care Home is a 41-bed residential care home in Bolton, run by Lyngate Healthcare Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in June 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Bolton, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “safe and effective staffing” (significant shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from March 2026. 84% of homes in Bolton score the top mark of 5. 8 other homes in Bolton share its tier, “Requires improvement”. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The nearest home with a higher rating is Grange Lea Residential Home Limited (Good), 0.1 km away.
