SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 15 good, 18 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. ?
The Old Vicarage Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in North Tyneside.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by SVP Health Care Limited, The Old Vicarage Care Home is a residential care home in North Shields, North Tyneside with 36 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. 100% of homes in North Tyneside also score 5. In North Tyneside, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Collingwood Court (Outstanding), 0.7 km away.
CQC last rated the home in June 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in January 2023, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in North Tyneside, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. 18 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
