Nursing home · Wigan

Shawcross Care Home

Bolton Road, Ashton-in-makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8TU

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 months ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager New owner since February 2024

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 25 June 2026 Rated 4 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 6 below good
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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?72%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • 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: 22 good, 11 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

The home changed owner in February 2024. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • December 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • September 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • May 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • October 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Wigan

Shawcross Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Wigan. 91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 4 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (8%)
  • Good 37 (61%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 5 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 6 (10%)

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    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 5 months ago
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
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    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago

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About Shawcross Care Home

Shawcross Care Home is an independent 50-bed nursing home in Wigan, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.

Shawcross Care Ltd has run the home since February 2024, when it changed owner. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 64% of homes in Wigan also score 5. 4 other homes in Wigan share its tier, “Requires improvement”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 1.1 km away, Ashton View Nursing Home is rated Good.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in December 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Wigan are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 11 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.