Lindisfarne Birtley
Nursing Care
13 June 2025
Gainford Care Homes Limited
66 beds
About Lindisfarne Birtley
Lindisfarne Birtley is a nursing home in Gateshead, providing nursing and personal care. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.
Lindisfarne Birtley is a care home providing nursing and personal care for up to 66 people with physical health conditions, mental health needs or dementia. The CQC rated the service Good overall, finding a warm, well-run home where staff treated people with dignity and kindness.
Inspectors found staff understood people's needs well, managed risks safely and kept accurate, person-centred records. Medicines were managed safely, training was extensive, and quality assurance systems were effective. People, relatives and professionals praised staff as caring, attentive and quick to act on concerns, describing a genuinely community-feeling home.
Source: CQC assessment, 13 June 2025
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Location
Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street, County Durham, DH3 1LU
Lindisfarne Birtley
CQC overall rating
Last inspection: 13 June 2025
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