Residential care home · Lincolnshire

The Fountains Care Centre

Church Lane, Tetney, Grimsby, DN36 5JX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 25 May 2022 Rated 4 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?Requires improvement

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2018GoodSECRW
  • May 2016GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Lincolnshire

The Fountains Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (3%)
  • Good 148 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 28 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 62 (22%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 14 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Humberston House Care Home
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4ZB · Residential care home · 72 beds4.3 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 10 months ago
  • Alderlea Care Home
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4HS · Residential care home · 40 beds4.5 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago
  • Humberston
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4SP · Residential care home · 8 beds4.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Opal House
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4SP · Nursing home · 5 beds4.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Ruby House
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4SP · Nursing home · 5 beds4.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Waltham House Care Home
    Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire · DN36 4RY · Residential care home · 33 beds4.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Halcyon Care Limited

2 care homes in total: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Manor Care Centre
    Spilsby, Lincolnshire · PE23 4DB · Residential care home · 41 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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The Fountains Care Centre at a glance

The Fountains Care Centre is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 45-bed residential care home in Grimsby, run by Halcyon Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

CQC last rated the home in May 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in December 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.

Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 2 out of 5 in April 2026. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire score the top mark of 5. In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Halcyon Care Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. About 4.3 km away, Humberston House Care Home is rated Outstanding.