SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
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: 14 good, 19 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
The Fields Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Fields Care Home is a 24-bed residential care home in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. It is a small home for County Durham, where the median is 40 beds.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 2.7 km away, Devonshire House is rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2026. 84% of homes in County Durham also score 5. 10 other homes in County Durham share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. For responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in November 2018, it was rated Good. The typical rating in County Durham is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 19 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.
