SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 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 John's Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Country Court Care Homes 2 Limited runs St John's Care Home, a residential care home in Spalding, Lincolnshire with room for 56 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in August 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Lincolnshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 21 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (significant shortfalls).
