Residential care home · Gloucestershire

Northfield House

Folly Lane, Uplands, Stroud, GL5 1SP

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 24 January 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • October 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2021GoodSECRW
  • November 2020Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2020Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2019Requires improvementSECRW
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  • November 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Gloucestershire

Northfield House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 24 other homes in Gloucestershire. 87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 12 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 20 (10%)
  • Good 118 (61%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 14 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 25 (13%)
  • Not yet rated 5 (3%)

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Northfield House in brief

Run by Northfield Care Limited, Northfield House is a residential care home in Stroud, Gloucestershire with 25 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from September 2025. In Gloucestershire, 91% of homes score 5. In Gloucestershire, 87% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.7 km away, St Martin's Centre is rated Good.

CQC last rated the home in January 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in October 2022.