SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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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 togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 8 good, 25 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. ?
Mill View Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 8 other homes in Bolton.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Mill View Care Home is a 180-bed nursing home in Bolton, run by Advinia Care Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Bolton, where the typical home has 28 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. That matches its previous rating, from September 2023. The typical rating in Bolton is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 25 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in Bolton. Across Bolton, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Advinia Care Homes Limited runs 10 care homes, and 4 of the 10 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 0.9 km away, Max Potential is rated Good.
