SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
No 9 is one of 86 care homes in Sunderland: a 6-bed residential care home in Sunderland, run by North East Autism Society. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Sunderland, where the typical home has 34 beds.
Beechwood, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 14 of North East Autism Society’s 15 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Across Sunderland, 93% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2019. 96% of homes in Sunderland also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in May 2018, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in November 2015, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Sunderland, 43% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
