SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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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 togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Redcote House Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Redcote House Residential Care Home
Redcote House Residential Care Home is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 18-bed residential care home in Lincoln, run by Bhandal Care Group (1ST Care UK) Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. It is a small home for Lincolnshire, where the median is 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from March 2020. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 17 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. OSJCT Hartsholme House, 1.3 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 1 of Bhandal Care Group (1ST Care UK) Ltd’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
