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?80%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 enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?89%★Outstanding
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Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in accessExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?96%★Outstanding
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Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Freedom to speak upExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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OSJCT Hartsholme House is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 16 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by The Orders Of St. John Care Trust, OSJCT Hartsholme House is a residential care home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire with 44 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in December 2024. It was Outstanding for responsive and well-led as well. Safe, effective and caring were rated Good. Its rating before that, in July 2018, was the same. The typical rating in Lincolnshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC scored 33 standards: 11 exceptional and the rest good.
None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding. 44 of The Orders Of St. John Care Trust’s 47 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
