SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
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?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 3 good, 30 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. ?
Stable Steps Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Stockport.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Stockport, Stable Steps Care Centre is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 50 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
In Stockport, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. 96% of homes in Stockport also score 5. About 0.0 km away, Adswood Lodge is rated Good.
Its CQC rating, from November 2025, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in August 2023. Ratings in Stockport are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “person-centred care”, one of 30 standards out of 33 scored below good.
