Skip to content
The Care Home DirectoryEvery care home in England

CQC report explained · a nursing home

What the CQC found at Grace Court Care Centre

Requires improvementpublished 15 July 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
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?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Requires improvement
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Grace Court Care Centre.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Grace Court Care Centre

6 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. July 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. May 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. December 2020Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. December 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. January 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. March 2017Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  7. January 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 January 2026.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

Next steps

Weigh the report against the rest

This home

Fees, photos and reviews from families

Guide

How to read CQC ratings and reports

Guide

What to check when you visit

Care at home

At least 100 live-in carers within about an hour of St. Helens

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 92 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Rodrigo Javier B.
1 review
From £1,295 a week, 22 years caring
Based about 16 minutes from St. Helens. Can care for a couple
Inaune H.
1 review
From £910 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 21 minutes from St. Helens. Can care for a couple
Oyakhire A.
1 review
From £1,082 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from St. Helens. Can care for a couple
Antiletha T.
2 reviews
From £1,190 a week, 10 years caring
Based about 25 minutes from St. Helens. Can care for a couple
“He developed a close affinity with Terence, spending time talking with him before he retired to bed and looking after his needs during the night.”
John P., about Rodrigo Javier B.
“It was clear that she genuinely cared and her warm approach really helped put our minds at ease.”
Sara K., about Trudi M.
See live-in carers near St. HelensProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.