SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Priesty Fields Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Priesty Fields Care Home is a 78-bed nursing home in Congleton, Cheshire East, run by Sandstone Care Cheshire Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Cheshire East are smaller: the median there is 44 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in February 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Cheshire East, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 24 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Park Lane Residential Home, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The home changed owner in November 2023. Across Cheshire East, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Cheshire East.
