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
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 Minstrels Residential Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about The Minstrels Residential Home
The Minstrels Residential Home is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 33-bed residential care home in Boston, run by Mr Deva Samat Keshwara. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2018. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from March 2016. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 36% of ratings in Lincolnshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire.
