Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?41%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%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 inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 4 good, 29 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. ?
Maryland Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Savoy Care Home Limited runs Maryland Care Home, a residential care home in Liverpool, Sefton with room for 30 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
About 0.5 km away, Sanderling House is rated Outstanding. Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in December 2025. In Sefton, 94% of homes score 5.
In October 2025, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Good in April 2018. Ratings in Sefton are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 29 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
