Loyd House

Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5LL

01604824200

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

9 October 2025

Provider

Christchurch Court Limited

Beds

17 beds

About Loyd House

Loyd House is a residential care home in West Northamptonshire, providing personal and nursing care to people with acquired brain injuries, including support for people of all ages. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Loyd House is a care home providing personal and nursing care to people with acquired brain injuries, supporting people of all ages. The CQC rated the service as requiring improvement overall, having identified breaches relating to safe care, governance, consent and person-centred care. Care plans lacked detail and sometimes contained incorrect information, risk assessments were missing, and medicines management needed improvement.

Inspectors found weak oversight meant concerns were not identified or acted on. People and relatives generally felt safe and well cared for, praising individual staff, but feedback on staffing levels, cleanliness and activity provision was mixed, with residents requesting more daily activities. A complaints process was in place and families felt confident using it.

Source: CQC assessment, 17 January 2026

Specialist Care

Mental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger 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.

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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: 17 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · NN1 5LL

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

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 17 January 2026. Assessment date recorded: 9 October 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 17 January 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

This assessment started on 29 October 2025 and ended on 18 November 2025
We assessed all quality statements from safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. The overall rating of the service was required improvement.
Loyds House is a care home that supports people with acquired brain injuries. The service is registered to support people with personal care, nursing care and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. At the time of this assessment, they were supporting 14 people with regulated activities of all ages. CQC only inspect the services received by people who are receiving regulated activities. We spoke with 6 people and 7 relatives, 13 staff including the management team, therapy team, care staff and domestic staff.
We found 4 breaches of legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, good governance, consent, and person-centred care. Care plans lacked specific details and guidance for staff about people’s individual support needs, and in some cases contained incorrect information. Risk assessments were not always in place. Medicine management and administration required improvements.Lack of oversight prevented the identification of themes or trends, limiting the ability to take action to mitigate risks or learn from events.
Quality monitoring processes did not identify the concerns we found during this assessment.
We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment. In instances where CQC have decided to take civil or criminal enforcement action against a provider, we will publish this information on our website after any representations and/ or appeals have been concluded.

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
Responsive: Requires Improvement
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?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
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 Loyd House'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 Loyd House, consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Loyd House, look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Loyd House'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.

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