Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
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
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
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
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 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. ?
Sandholme Fold is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 8 other homes in Calderdale.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Anchor Hanover Group runs Sandholme Fold, a residential care home in Halifax, Calderdale with room for 44 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Calderdale has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its CQC rating, from August 2025, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. That is down from Good in May 2018. The typical rating in Calderdale is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 25 standards out of 33 scored below good.
8 other homes in Calderdale share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 67% of homes in Calderdale. About 2.2 km away, Bridge House Care Home is rated Good. Anchor Hanover Group runs 120 care homes, and 101 of the 118 rated are Good or Outstanding.
