SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 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. ?
Marigold Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Sunderland.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Marigold Nursing Home is a 50-bed nursing home in Sunderland, run by Memory Lane Care Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
In October 2025, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Outstanding, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Sunderland are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 26 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Bryony Lodge Nursing Home, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Memory Lane Care Homes Limited runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. 5 other homes in Sunderland share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. That is true of 96% of homes in Sunderland.
