SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?85%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 30 good, 3 exceptional. 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 Dales is one of 196 care homes in North Yorkshire: a 56-bed nursing home in Skipton, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers 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 North Yorkshire, where the typical home has 29 beds.
Across North Yorkshire, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 94% of homes in North Yorkshire also score 5. 175 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited’s 198 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In March 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from December 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in North Yorkshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 3 were exceptional.
