Manor Field

What the ratings tell you

For Manor Field, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.

Across North Northamptonshire, 17 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 24 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).

The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

How long it has been running

CQC registration dates from November 2016, so the service has been operating for around 9 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2024), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Requires Improvement.

There are 4 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 20 January 2022.

Ownership and company checks

Manor Field is run by Parkcare Homes (no.2) Limited (company 04000281), incorporated in 2000, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities.

Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited runs 89 CQC-registered services across 41 council areas; 76 of the 88 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Priory Group brand, which covers 180 services run by 36 registered providers.

The local picture

There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Priors Hall Care Home, 0.7 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25); children (0 of the nearest 25).

6 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Gretton & Weldon ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (3 min), a park (9 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

What it may cost

We estimate Manor Field at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.

Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.