SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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, 3 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Red Rocks Nursing Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 4 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Red Rocks Nursing Home is an independent 24-bed nursing home in Wirral, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2025. 84% of homes in Wirral also score 5. In Wirral, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from December 2017. That is more recent than most ratings in Wirral, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safeguarding”.
