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?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in September 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Parklands Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Parklands Care Home is a 70-bed nursing home in Southport, Sefton, run by Sandstone Care North West Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2021. Effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its rating before that, in February 2020, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 53% of ratings in Sefton are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Sefton. Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The home changed owner in September 2025. The nearest home with a higher rating is Abbotsbury (Good), 0.0 km away. 4 of Sandstone Care North West Limited’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
