SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 30 good, 3 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. ?
Run by Bestcare UK Limited, Saxondale Nursing Home is a nursing home in Barnsley with 34 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
In January 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in November 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Barnsley is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 3 standards out of 33 scored below good.
2 of Bestcare UK Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 4 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 41 other homes in Barnsley share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. That is true of 80% of homes in Barnsley.
