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?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. ?
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. ?
Thistle Hill Care Centre is in the Good tier ?, with 125 other homes in North Yorkshire.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Thistle Hill Care Centre is one of 196 care homes in North Yorkshire: a 93-bed nursing home in Knaresborough, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in North Yorkshire, where the typical home has 29 beds.
Across North Yorkshire, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. 94% of homes in North Yorkshire also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. About 2.5 km away, Vida Hall is rated Outstanding. 175 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited’s 198 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
In July 2023, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in July 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.
