SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?95%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
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?89%★Outstanding
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Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Freedom to speak upExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 exceptional. 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. ?
Saintbridge House Nursing and Residential Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 11 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Saintbridge House Nursing and Residential Home in brief
Saintbridge House Nursing and Residential Home is one of 194 care homes in Gloucestershire: a 36-bed nursing home in Gloucester, run by Painswick Road Care Home Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
3 of the 6 nearest homes are also Outstanding. Across Gloucestershire, 87% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for caring and well-led as well. Safe, effective and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in July 2019, was Good, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Gloucestershire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 8 were exceptional.
