SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
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?71%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to 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?75%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 enablementGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Akari Care Limited runs Red Brick House, a nursing home in Prudhoe, Northumberland with room for 50 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
In October 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in June 2022, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Northumberland, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 4 fell below good. The lowest was “delivering evidence-based care and treatment” (some shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Northumberland. In Northumberland, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Akari Care Limited runs 28 care homes, and 27 of the 28 rated are Good or Outstanding.
