InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: InadequateRated 1 month ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?31%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?32%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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. ?
Shirelodge Nursing Home is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in North Northamptonshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Shirelodge Nursing Home is a 65-bed nursing home in Corby, North Northamptonshire, run by Birchester Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in North Northamptonshire has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Inadequate, published in September 2026. Safe and well-led were also Inadequate. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in January 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in North Northamptonshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 33 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Seagrave House Care Home (Good), 1.2 km away. Birchester Care Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2025. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire. It is the only home in North Northamptonshire in the “Inadequate” tier.
