SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Involving people to manage risksExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?96%★Outstanding
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Consent to care and treatmentGood
Assessing needsExceptional
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
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?82%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Scarlet House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 19 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Scarlet House is one of 194 care homes in Gloucestershire: a 86-bed nursing home in Stroud, run by Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Gloucestershire has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2026. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in December 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Gloucestershire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 11 were exceptional.
97 of Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd’s 102 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 19 other homes in Gloucestershire share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. That is true of 91% of homes in Gloucestershire.