SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
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
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
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
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 14 good, 19 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. ?
Riversdale Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 26 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Riversdale (Northwest) Limited, Riversdale Nursing Home is a residential care home in Wirral with 40 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in September 2023, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Wirral, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 19 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
About 1.6 km away, Red Rocks Nursing Home is rated Good. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Across Wirral, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in December 2025. 84% of homes in Wirral score the top mark of 5.
