Residential care home · Trafford

Meade Close

1-2 Meade Close, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5BL

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 8 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 26 February 2026 Rated 8 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown8 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 6 below good
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 5 below good
    • Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
    • Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2023GoodSECRW
  • May 2023GoodSECRW
  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • March 2019GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Trafford

Meade Close is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Trafford. 86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 6 (11%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (4%)
  • Good 33 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 2 (4%)
  • Requires improvement 6 (11%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (6%)

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Care homes nearby

  • 10 Spennithorne Road
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 5BU · Residential care home · 4 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Urmston Manor
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 9EJ · Residential care home · 24 beds0.3 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Faversham House Nursing Home
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 9EJ · Nursing home · 20 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Trafford Respite Service
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 5DL · Residential care home · 7 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • SignHealth Bowfell Road
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 5RR · Residential care home · 6 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Brookfield Nursing Home
    Manchester, Trafford · M41 0UB · Nursing home · 21 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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Other homes run by Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited

19 care homes in total: 3 Outstanding, 13 Good, 3 Requires improvement.

  • Birchwood
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    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 8 months ago
  • Laverneo
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    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Mill Lane
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · CB24 9HW · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Oxclose Lodge
    Nottingham · NG5 6EQ · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • 43a and 43b Morley Road
    Colchester, Essex · CO5 0AA · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Belvoir Lodge
    Nottingham · NG5 6EQ · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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What the data says about Meade Close

Run by Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited, Meade Close is a residential care home in Manchester, Trafford with 10 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Trafford, where the typical home has 24 beds.

CQC last rated the home in February 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in December 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Trafford, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. 17 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.

16 of Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited’s 19 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 10 Spennithorne Road, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across Trafford, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.