SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
Saint Jude Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Saint Jude Care Home is a 22-bed residential care home in Liverpool, Sefton, run by Saint Jude Residential Care Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from December 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Sefton, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 22 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “monitoring and improving outcomes”.
In Sefton, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in Sefton. Craignair Care Home, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
