SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Involving people to manage risksExceptional
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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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?96%★Outstanding
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Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Freedom to speak upExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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The Hollies is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Home from Home Care Limited, The Hollies is a residential care home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire with 2 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Lincolnshire has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2025. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from September 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Lincolnshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 10 exceptional and the rest good.
10 of Home from Home Care Limited’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.0 km away, The Hawthorns is rated Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2019. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
