SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
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. ?
Thornton House Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in Cheshire West and Chester.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
GN Care Homes Limited runs Thornton House Residential Home, a residential care home in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester with room for 22 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is smaller than most homes in Cheshire West and Chester, where the typical home has 39 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in February 2024, it was rated Inadequate. Ratings in Cheshire West and Chester are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (some shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Whetstone Hey Residential Home (Good), 2.3 km away. 19 other homes in Cheshire West and Chester share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Cheshire West and Chester. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.
