SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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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
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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
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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?72%Good
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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
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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 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. ?
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%).
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”.
