SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Station House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 17 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Station House is one of 101 care homes in Cheshire East: a 71-bed nursing home in Crewe, run by Community Health Services Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Cheshire East, where the typical home has 44 beds.
Community Health Services Limited runs 5 care homes, and 4 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 95% of homes in Cheshire East also score 5. In Cheshire East, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from February 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from October 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Cheshire East, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “responding to people's immediate needs” (some shortfalls).
