Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Moorleigh Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Leeds.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Moorleigh Nursing Home is a 36-bed nursing home in Leeds, run by Lions Meadow Ltd. Its CQC registration covers people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
About 2.6 km away, St Armands Court is rated Good. It is one of 2 homes run by Lions Meadow Ltd. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 3 for food hygiene in September 2025. In Leeds, 89% of homes score 5. Across Leeds, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in October 2022. Ratings in Leeds are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
