SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant 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: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Wingates Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 8 other homes in Bolton.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Wingates Residential Home
Wingates Residential Home is a 36-bed residential care home in Bolton, run by Wingate Care Homes Ltd. It is registered to care for older people and younger adults.
CQC last rated the home in December 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in November 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Bolton is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 12 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Bolton. In Bolton, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 1.5 km away, Woodlands Care Home is rated Good.
