Nursing home · Leicestershire

The Ashton Care Home

John Street, Hinckley, LE10 1UY

Good Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 4 May 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2022GoodSECRW
  • February 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • June 2021InadequateSECRW
  • February 2021InadequateSECRW
  • December 2020InadequateSECRW
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  • April 2020GoodSECRW
  • January 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2016GoodSECRW
  • November 2015Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Leicestershire

The Ashton Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Leicestershire. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (3%)
  • Good 95 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (17%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 11 (7%)

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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Hinckley Park Nursing Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Hinckley Park Nursing Home
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  • Kingly Croft
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The Ashton Care Home in brief

Run by Hinckley Care Limited, The Ashton Care Home is a nursing home in Hinckley, Leicestershire with 72 registered beds. It is registered to care for 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 Leicestershire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 82% of homes in Leicestershire also score 5. 19 other homes in Leicestershire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2023. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from April 2022.