Skip to content
CQC ExplainedEvery inspection report, in plain English

CQC report explained · a nursing home, run by Crown Care

Kensington Care Home

Finkills Way, Northallerton, DL7 8UB

Goodpublished 25 May 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Requires improvement
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC published its most recent report on Kensington Care Home on 25 May 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

Read the report on cqc.org.uk
The story over the years

Every inspection of Kensington Care Home

Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the service was registered.

  1. May 2022Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. October 2020

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 13 October 2020.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

Another option

Or stay at home with a private carer

Many people who look at care homes end up staying at home with a carer who comes in for a few hours a day, or lives in. PrimeCarers introduces you to self-employed carers you choose yourself: interviewed, ID and DBS checked, from about £20 an hour or £1,120 a week live-in.

About live-in careHow PrimeCarers works
Nearby

Other care homes near Northallerton

All in North Yorkshire

Mount Vale

Northallerton, DL7 · 0.3 km
Good
NursingDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Mount Vale

Northallerton, DL7 · 0.3 km
Not yet rated
NursingDementia
Not yet ratedcare home

Beechwood Care Home

Northallerton, DL7 · 0.9 km
Inadequate
NursingDementia
Rated 5 months agocare home

Southwoods Nursing Home

Northallerton, DL6 · 1.3 km
Requires improvement
NursingDementia
Rated 3 years agoReport explained

Oaklands

Northallerton, DL7 · 8.9 km
Good
Residential
Rated 6 years agocare home