SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 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. ?
St Catherines Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 21 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Park Homes (UK) Limited runs St Catherines Care Home, a nursing home in Nantwich, Cheshire East with room for 40 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2022. Ratings in Cheshire East are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
About 0.1 km away, Barony Lodge Residential Care Home is rated Good. It is one of 12 homes run by Park Homes (UK) Limited. 8 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Cheshire East. In Cheshire East, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
