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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Halton View Care Home

1 Sadler Street, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6LN
01514220001
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

30 December 2024

Provider

Hill Care 1 Limited

Beds

64 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 32 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 22 are rated higher by CQC, 8 are the same and 2 are lower.

7 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. GoodApr 2016
  2. GoodSept 2017
  3. Requires ImprovementMay 2018
  4. Requires ImprovementMar 2019
  5. GoodSept 2020
  6. Requires ImprovementOct 2022
  7. InadequateOct 2023
  8. Requires ImprovementMay 2025

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 8 times since 2016.

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

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Hill Care 1 Limited, which runs 4 care homes in England: 3 rated Good and 1 Requires Improvement.

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.

  • This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
  • 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 Halton View Care Home

Halton View Care Home is a residential care home in Halton, offering support for older people, including those living with dementia. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Halton View Care Home, in Halton, provides residential care for up to 64 older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC rated the home as Requires Improvement overall. A new management team had made progress since the last inspection, and the service is no longer in Special Measures, but inspectors found continuing breaches relating to medicines management and governance oversight.

People and their families spoke positively about the care received, describing staff as kind and respectful, and said they felt safe and had their choices respected. Staff understood people's needs and health support from other agencies was in place, though the provider still needed to strengthen its monitoring systems to address issues raised at previous inspections.

Source: CQC assessment, 14 May 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

Facilities & Amenities

GardenActivities Programme

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.

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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 without nursing
Registered capacity
64 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · WA8 6LN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia.

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.

Assessment published 14 May 2025. Assessment date recorded: 30 December 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 14 May 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 5 February to 19 February 2025. The service is a residential care home providing support for up to 64 older people, including those living with dementia. At the time of the assessment there was 46 people living at Halton View Care Home. This assessment took place to follow up on breaches of regulations identified at the previous inspection of the service. A new management team was in place since our last inspection. The registered manager was open and transparent and knew the expectations of their role. A new electronic care planning and recording system was in place, however more detail was needed in some areas of recording. Improved systems were in place for the management of safeguarding concerns, complaints and oversight of the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act. Safe systems were not always in place for the management of people’s medicines and areas of improvement were needed around the environment. The provider’s monitoring systems required improvement as these issues had been raised on previous inspections. People and their family members were happy with the care and support delivered at Halton View Care Home. Staff understood people’s needs. Systems were in place to enable people to receive health services from other agencies. The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to medicines. Improvements were not found at this assessment, and the provider remained in breach of this regulation. The provider was also in breach of legal regulations relating to governance. This service has been in Special Measures since 10 October 2023. The provider demonstrated improvements that have been made. The service is no longer rated as inadequate overall or in any of the key questions. Therefore, this service is no longer in Special Measures.

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 Halton View Care 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 Halton View Care Home, consider asking...

  1. 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
  2. 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
  3. 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
  4. 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
  5. 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Halton View Care Home, look out for...

  1. 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
  2. 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
  3. 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
  4. 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
  5. 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Halton View Care 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.

Location

1 Sadler Street, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 6LN

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Halton View Care Home

CQC overall rating

Requires Improvement

Assessment date: 30 December 2024

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