SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Learning cultureExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?83%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Consent to care and treatmentExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Tanglewood Care Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Tanglewood Care Services Limited, Tanglewood Care Home is a nursing home in Horncastle, Lincolnshire with 55 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Lincolnshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2018. The typical rating in Lincolnshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 10 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2024. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 1.3 km away, Thimbleby Court is rated Outstanding. Tanglewood Care Services Limited runs 6 care homes, and 5 of the 6 rated are Good or Outstanding.
