GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: GoodRated 6 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since November 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
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 home changed owner in November 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
The Pines Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 6 other homes in Northumberland.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Pines Residential Care Home is a 28-bed residential care home in Ashington, Northumberland, run by Your Care First Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
In Northumberland, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. 95% of homes in Northumberland also score 5. Your Care First Ltd has run the home since November 2025, when it changed owner. It is one of 3 homes run by Your Care First Ltd. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2020, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. CQC rated responsive as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in January 2020. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 28% of homes in Northumberland. Here is how rating age varies by council.
