SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?28%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?38%Inadequate
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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. ?
Rowan Garth Care Home is one of 85 care homes in Liverpool: a 150-bed nursing home in Liverpool, run by Wellington Healthcare (Arden) Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Liverpool, where the typical home has 36 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from March 2026. In Liverpool, 64% of homes score 5. 4 other homes in Liverpool share its tier, “Inadequate”. Wellington Healthcare (Arden) Ltd runs 12 care homes, and 4 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Gordon House Care Home (Good), 0.4 km away.
The current CQC rating is Inadequate, published in December 2025. It was Inadequate for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in June 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Liverpool is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 33 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (significant shortfalls).
