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Eastbourne Care Home, Darlington — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Eastbourne Care Home

Nursing homes · 41 beds · 5-7 Cobden Street, Darlington DL1 4JF

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of Exclusive Care GroupUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · improving

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Is Eastbourne Care Home any good?

On the evidence, Eastbourne Care Home has a record with 2 watch points. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (14 May 2025). The watch points: enforcement action on record: special measures (cqc); safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 14 May 2025CQC inspection · 4 Nov 2024CQC register · manager history

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Enforcement action on record: Special measures (CQC).

CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment. Enforcement is weighed against the grade for three years.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 14 May 2025

Requires improvementoverall

Safe: ● Requires improvement
Effective: ● Requires improvement
Caring: ● Good
Responsive: ● Good
Well led: ● Requires improvement

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Moved to Requires improvement at the latest inspection (2025).

Inadequate

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Safe is rated Requires improvement at the current inspection.

Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 14 May 2025.

Nov 2024

Requires improvement

May 2025

Leadership stability

No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.

Enforcement and breaches

Special measures (CQC) · 4 Nov 2024 · CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment.

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

41 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 14 June 2026

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