When inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspect care homes, they grade each provider on safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and whether each setting is well-led.
Care providers are given an overall grade of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
If a setting ‘requires improvement’, this means the service is not performing as well as it should and the CQC has told the service how it must improve.
If a care home is rated as ‘inadequate’, this means that the service is performing badly and the CQC has taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
Here are the 15 Northampton care homes that have been rated as ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’, according to the CQC:
If a setting ‘requires improvement’, this means the service is not performing as well as it should and the CQC has told the service how it must improve.
![Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 23 January 2023. 50 Abington Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4PA. Provided and run by: Mentaur Limited](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxN2MyYmUzLTgxMGUtNDk0ZS1hMTI3LWM0NGUxYmJhZDBmMToyZTYxMDIxYS04OGIwLTQwNTctYmQ3ZS05ZWYzOGM1MDEzZWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Highfield
Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 23 January 2023. 50 Abington Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4PA. Provided and run by: Mentaur Limited Photo: Google
![Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 27 July 2022. Kingsley Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 7BP. Provided and run by: Bethany Homestead](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRkYTYyOTIxLTFhMTctNDdjYy1hYjRjLWUwMzhhMTdjM2JjMDpmNTRmYWU4ZC1hMDY2LTQ0MzItYTk0OC1jMTI0MWZmMTFjNzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Bethany Homestead
Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 27 July 2022. Kingsley Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 7BP. Provided and run by: Bethany Homestead Photo: Google
![Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 26 October 2022. Argyle House, Northampton, NN5 7AJ. Provided and run by: Admire Healthcare Ltd.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1OTIwMGU1LWM1MjAtNGFhMC05Y2U3LTk4N2I1OWVkMzhmYTo0YTRmZTI3Mi1hYTEwLTRjYTYtYmQ5Ni04OGMxNjI4ODQxZDg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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Overall: Requires improvement. Latest inspection: 26 October 2022. Argyle House, Northampton, NN5 7AJ. Provided and run by: Admire Healthcare Ltd. Photo: Google
![Overall: Inadequate. Latest inspection: 11 May 2022. 29-31 St Matthews Parade, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 7HF. Provided and run by: St. Matthews Limited](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRiY2Y5NGU2LTVhYTItNDRmMi04MDRhLTg2NzJiMjhiYjFhNDozZDkyNmFjMC1hODE4LTRiZmMtYTAwZC02OTRhZTNlM2E0MmU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. St Matthews Unit
Overall: Inadequate. Latest inspection: 11 May 2022. 29-31 St Matthews Parade, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 7HF. Provided and run by: St. Matthews Limited Photo: Google