Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
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
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Manor Care Home - Middlewich is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Manor Care Home - Middlewich is an independent 48-bed residential care home in Middlewich, Cheshire East, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2025. 95% of homes in Cheshire East also score 5. In Cheshire East, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Newton Court Care Home, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in October 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Cheshire East are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 17 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
