SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Orchid Woodlands Healthcare Ltd is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Bolton.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Orchid Woodlands Healthcare Ltd
Orchid Woodlands Healthcare Ltd is a 38-bed residential care home in Manchester, Bolton. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in December 2025, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in February 2023. Ratings in Bolton are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from February 2026. 84% of homes in Bolton score the top mark of 5. 2 other homes in Bolton share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. About 0.4 km away, Lang Riggs House is rated Outstanding.
