SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?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?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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Riverside Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Barnsley.
82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Riverside Care Home is a 50-bed residential care home in Barnsley. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Barnsley has 33 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
In Barnsley, 82% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 80% of homes in Barnsley also score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in November 2022. Ratings in Barnsley are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
