St. Christopher's Care Home
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St. Christopher's Care Home, established in 1951, offers a tranquil living environment set in two acres of landscaped gardens opposite Abington Park. The home…
- Care home
- St. Christopher's Care Home
- Location
- Abington Park Crescent, Northampton, NN3 3AD, Northampton, NN3 3AD
- Care types
- Residential
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 27 January 2021
- Beds
- 54
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01604 637 125
- CQC location ID
- 1-140872297
What the CQC says
Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 24 February 2021.
Requires improvement — the service is not performing as well as it should and CQC has told it how to improve. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — 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 fell from Good to Requires improvement (previously rated April 2018).
- Got worse: Safe (Good → Requires improvement).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 13 September 2026.
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