SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
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: 27 good, 6 exceptional. 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Mowbray House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 11 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Young Foundations Limited runs Mowbray House, a residential care home in Crook, County Durham with room for 6 residents. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and children. The typical home in County Durham has 40 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. Caring was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in December 2017, was the same. The typical rating in County Durham is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 6 were exceptional.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in County Durham. In County Durham, 92% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 3 homes run by Young Foundations Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
