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. ?
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. ?
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%).
What the data says about The Pines Residential Care Home
The Pines Residential Care Home is a 28-bed residential care home in Ashington, Northumberland, run by Sunny Okukpolor Humphreys. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC last rated the home in September 2020, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. For responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in January 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Northumberland, 28% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Northumberland. 6 other homes in Northumberland share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Sunny Okukpolor Humphreys runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding.
