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What the CQC found at Hambleton Court Care Home

Requires improvementpublished 7 February 2023, 3 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?
Good
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 Hambleton Court Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Hambleton Court Care Home

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. February 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. October 2021Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. October 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. February 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. January 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. September 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 16 September 2025.

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.

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28 live-in carers within about an hour of North Yorkshire

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Most charge £1,010 to £1,290 a week. 27 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.

Rosemary H.
2 reviews
From £1,470 a week, 4 years caring
Based about 44 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Evan A.
1 review
From £1,019 a week, 5 years caring
Based about 52 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Maggie S.
2 reviews
From £1,015 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 55 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
Peckson A.
1 review
From £1,316 a week, 1 year caring
Based about 55 minutes from North Yorkshire. Can care for a couple
“Carla has been a god send with the implementation of bringing mum back home from respite care.”
Claire A., about Carla M.
“She was always 'just present enough': attentive, available, kind and engaging, but without ever over-stepping any boundary”
Beatrice N., about Rosemary H.
See live-in carers near North YorkshireProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

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