The Old Vicarage Care Home

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The Old Vicarage Care Home is a family-run establishment in North Shields, providing high-quality residential, dementia, and palliative care for over 35…

Care home
The Old Vicarage Care Home
Location
North Shields, NE29 6SL, North Shields, NE29 6SL
Care types
Residential, Dementia
CQC rating
Requires Improvement
Latest CQC inspection
22 November 2022
Beds
36
Funding accepted
Self Funding (Private), Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Phone
0191 257 0937
CQC location ID
1-139172096

Rated 4.6/5 from 10 Google reviews.

What families say

Families praise The Old Vicarage Care Home for its warm and welcoming atmosphere, with staff who are consistently described as caring, attentive, and dedicated to providing high-quality care. The home's attention to comfort, dignity, and personal needs is particularly appreciated, as is the excellent communication…

What the CQC says

Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 9 April 2025.

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
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

Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 8 September 2026.

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