SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
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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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
St Lukes Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Halton.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Lukes Care Home is one of 25 care homes in Halton: a 60-bed nursing home in Runcorn, run by Halton Borough Council. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Halton, where the typical home has 29 beds.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Creative Support - Bredon Respite Service (Good), 0.4 km away. Halton Borough Council runs 5 care homes, and 2 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 75% of homes in Halton also score 5. 5 other homes in Halton share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in August 2023. The typical rating in Halton is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
