Beechill Nursing Home

25 Smedley Lane, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8 8XB

01612050069

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

13 July 2023

Provider

Skolak Healthcare Limited

Beds

31 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementJul 2016
Requires ImprovementMay 2017
InadequateNov 2017
InadequateNov 2017
Requires ImprovementMay 2018
Requires ImprovementJun 2019
Requires ImprovementNov 2020
Requires ImprovementDec 2021
Requires ImprovementAug 2023

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2018. CQC has rated this home 9 times since 2016.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Skolak Healthcare Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the North West: £882 a week for residential care and £1,196 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Beechill Nursing Home

Beechill Nursing Home is a friendly and welcoming care home based in Manchester, offering families the reassurance that their loved ones are in a place that feels like home. The team at Beechill is committed to providing attentive, compassionate care, and to making sure every resident feels valued and comfortable in their day-to-day life.

Beechill is a nursing home accommodating up to 31 people across two floors, with 23 single rooms and four double rooms. The service supports both younger and older adults with physical disabilities, substance misuse issues, mental health conditions, and dementia. At inspection, 26 people were living at the home.

The home provides nursing and personal care as part of a single package. Each floor has shared bathroom and toilet facilities available to residents.

Source: CQC inspection report, 16 August 2023

Specialist Care

Learning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing; Residential substance misuse treatment and/or rehabilitation service
Registered capacity: 31 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · M8 8XB

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Substance misuse problems.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 16 August 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 13 July 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Beechill Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Beechill Nursing Home, consider asking...

1.How many qualified nurses are on duty overnight and at weekends?
2.How do you manage a resident's relationship with their GP and hospital team?
3.What is your approach when a resident's condition deteriorates quickly?
4.What additional charges apply beyond the weekly fee?
5.How do you approach end of life care and involve families in those decisions?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Beechill Nursing Home, look out for...

1.Is the nursing station visible and staffed, or hard to find?
2.Do staff respond promptly when a resident needs attention?
3.Are call bells answered quickly or left ringing?
4.Does the home feel calm or rushed and understaffed?
5.Are residents' medical records and care plans visible and up to date?

Could the NHS fund Beechill Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees