SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
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?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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome 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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Yohden Hall Care Complex is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 10 other homes in County Durham.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by MMCG (CCH) (2) Limited, Yohden Hall Care Complex is a nursing home in Hartlepool, County Durham with 77 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in County Durham has 40 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from September 2022. Ratings in County Durham are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
10 other homes in County Durham share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in County Durham. Field View, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. MMCG (CCH) (2) Limited runs 13 care homes, and 9 of the 13 rated are Good or Outstanding.
