Dovecote Residential Care Home
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Dovecote Residential Care Home, located in High Spen, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, provides residential, dementia, and respite care for up to 61 residents.…
- Care home
- Dovecote Residential Care Home
- Location
- Hugar Road, High Spen, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, NE39 2BQ, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2BQ
- Care types
- Nursing, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 22 December 2022
- Beds
- 61
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01207 544441
- CQC location ID
- 1-9193326334
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 22 October 2024.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Requires improvement — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Requires improvement — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Requires improvement — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating improved from Requires improvement to Good (previously rated September 2022).
- Got worse: Safe (Good → Requires improvement).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 21 September 2026.
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