Leahyrst Care Home

20 Upperthorpe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 3NA

01142722984

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

15 September 2025

Provider

Silver Healthcare Limited

Beds

40 beds

About Leahyrst Care Home

Leahyrst Care Home is a residential care home in Sheffield, providing personal care to older people, including some living with dementia. Further details on the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Leahyrst Care Home provides personal care for up to 40 people, including some living with dementia, across three units. The CQC rated the service Requires Improvement, finding breaches relating to governance and risk management. Care records were not always accurate or up to date, some medicines storage needed improvement, and infection control and refurbishment issues were identified, though no harm to people was found.

Inspectors found people were protected from abuse, supported by enough suitably trained staff, and cared for kindly. Feedback from people and relatives was largely positive, describing staff as caring and attentive. However, leadership and quality monitoring systems were not robust enough to catch the problems found, and improvements are still needed.

Source: CQC assessment, 3 November 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder people

Facilities & Amenities

GardenActivities ProgrammeDining Room

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 18 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 40 places — this is not a vacancy count
Telephone listed by CQC: 01142722984
Registration checked: Registered · S6 3NA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions.

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 3 November 2025. Assessment date recorded: 15 September 2025.

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Requires Improvement
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?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
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 Leahyrst 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 Leahyrst Care Home, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Leahyrst Care Home, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund Leahyrst 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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees