Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%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 systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
The Amwell is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Amwell is an independent 88-bed residential care home in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Leicestershire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
About 0.3 km away, Mar Lodge is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2025. 82% of homes in Leicestershire also score 5. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in May 2023, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Leicestershire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.
