SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome 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?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?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 13 good, 20 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 Mary's is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in North Lincolnshire.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Mary's is a 47-bed residential care home in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, run by Visionary Care Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in North Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from April 2023. The typical rating in North Lincolnshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 20 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (some shortfalls).
Visionary Care Ltd runs 4 care homes, and 2 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. Randolph House Care Home, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 78% of homes in North Lincolnshire. In North Lincolnshire, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
