Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Margaret Roper House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Nugent Care runs Margaret Roper House, a nursing home in Southport, Sefton with room for 24 residents. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in December 2017, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Sefton, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Sefton. In Sefton, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Garswood (Good), 2.3 km away. Nugent Care runs 3 care homes, and 1 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding.
