Residential care home · Liverpool

Rockfield House

Rocky Lane, Anfield, Liverpool, L6 4BB

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 11 October 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 8 below good
    • Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?54%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2019GoodSECRW
  • April 2017GoodSECRW
  • February 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Liverpool

Rockfield House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Liverpool. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (4%)
  • Good 35 (41%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 13 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 22 (26%)
  • Inadequate 5 (6%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

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    Inadequate S: InadequateE: GoodC: Requires improvementR: GoodW: Inadequate Rated 11 months ago
  • Rowan Garth Care Home
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    Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Inadequate Rated 10 months ago
  • Ms June Dunne - 26 Huntly Road
    Liverpool · L6 3AJ · Residential care home · 3 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Townsend Hub
    Liverpool · L6 0BB · Residential care home · 35 beds0.9 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 9 months ago
  • Church View
    Liverpool · L13 7EB · Nursing home · 45 beds1.1 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 6 months ago

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About Rockfield House

Mental Health Care (Rockfield) Limited runs Rockfield House, a residential care home in Liverpool with room for 14 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Liverpool, where the typical home has 36 beds.

Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in September 2024. In Liverpool, 64% of homes score 5. 21 other homes in Liverpool share its tier, “Requires improvement”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 0.3 km away, Gordon House Care Home is rated Good.

CQC's latest rating, from October 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in November 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Liverpool, where the typical rating is about 2 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 14 standards out of 33 scored below good.