SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
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. ?
Sandpiper Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Sandpiper Care Home is a 30-bed residential care home in Alford, Lincolnshire, run by Tanglewood Care Services Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
27 other homes in Lincolnshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire also score 5. 5 of Tanglewood Care Services Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “responding to people's immediate needs”.
