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Nursing homes · Residential homes · 68 beds · Gorse Road, Grantham NG31 9LH
Homesplace Grade · declining
Analysed record · answered from official sources
On the evidence, Richard House Care Home has a record with 6 watch points. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (12 Mar 2026). The watch points: safe declined from good to requires improvement at the last inspection; effective declined from good to requires improvement at the last inspection; caring declined from good to requires improvement at the last inspection; responsive declined from good to requires improvement at the last inspection; well led declined from good to requires improvement at the last inspection; safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.
Moved to Requires improvement at the latest inspection (2026).
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Safe declined from Good to Requires improvement at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 12 March 2026; the previous inspection (27 March 2024) rated it Good.
Effective declined from Good to Requires improvement at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 12 March 2026; the previous inspection (27 March 2024) rated it Good.
Caring declined from Good to Requires improvement at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 12 March 2026; the previous inspection (27 March 2024) rated it Good.
Responsive declined from Good to Requires improvement at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 12 March 2026; the previous inspection (27 March 2024) rated it Good.
Well led declined from Good to Requires improvement at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 12 March 2026; the previous inspection (27 March 2024) rated it Good.
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 12 March 2026.
No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.
Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026
CQC register · 13 June 2026
No financial-distress signals on the register: the operating company is active, with accounts and confirmation statement filed on time and no insolvency history.