SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 8 exceptional, 3 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. ?
Meadow Park is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Northumberland.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs Meadow Park, a residential care home in Bedlington, Northumberland with room for 61 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Northumberland are smaller: the median there is 36 beds.
In Northumberland, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2025. 95% of homes in Northumberland also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 210 homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. 175 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2025. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from October 2017. That is more recent than most ratings in Northumberland, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. 3 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “providing information”.
