Ridley Park
Ridley Park is a care home with nursing in Blyth, run by Bupa Care Homes (HH Northumberland) Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in August 2023 (last checked 31 August 2023). It has 59 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and younger adults.
- Care home with nursing
Forster Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 3BG
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Down from Outstanding, 2 December 2021.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 31 August 2023.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 3 years ago (31 August 2023)Is it effective?
Goodrated 4 years ago (2 December 2021)Is it caring?
Outstandingrated 4 years ago (2 December 2021)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Outstandingrated 4 years ago (2 December 2021)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (31 August 2023)
Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.
Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from August 2023. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Outstanding2 December 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Outstanding23 April 2020Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good19 September 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good21 August 2015Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home with nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Physical disability, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 59
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 9 November 2011
- Local council area
- Northumberland
Who runs it
- Provider
- Bupa Care Homes (HH Northumberland) Limited
- Brand
- BRAND BUPA Group
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation