SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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, 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. ?
Marton Care Ltd runs Riverside View Care Home, a residential care home in Darlington with room for 59 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
In July 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in November 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Darlington is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 4 standards out of 33 scored below good.
3 of Marton Care Ltd’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.8 km away, Bewick House is rated Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Darlington. Across Darlington, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
