Care home · Melton Mowbray
Melton Short Breaks Service
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- 21 Victor Avenue, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0GG
- Run by
- Leicestershire County Council (7 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Claire Marie Elliott
- Last CQC check
- 16 Mar 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-123424908
Melton Short Breaks Service at a glance
Melton Short Breaks Service is a CQC-registered residential care home in Melton Mowbray, run by Leicestershire County Council. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (March 2024). Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Melton Mowbray; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate Melton Short Breaks Service 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.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
With savings below £23,250, Leicestershire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- Right Support: Medicines were not always managed safely and there had been a number of medicine errors.
- People's records sometimes contained conflicting information about their care needs.
- People were not supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff did not always support them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service did not support this practice.
- They felt their loved ones were well cared for and enjoyed staying at Melton Short Breaks Service.
Inspected 17 November 2023; report published 16 March 2024; supporting 6 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Choice nearby
There are 8 other care homes within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Wilton Manor, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (2 of the nearest 10).
4 of the 9 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Melton Dorian ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Earlier inspections
- Jun 2015
- Jul 2017
- Oct 2018
- Mar 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2024
- CQC inspection report 5 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 8 July 2017
- CQC inspection report 8 June 2015
- Inspection report 23 October 2013
- Inspection report 17 January 2013
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Melton Dorian
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melton and Syston
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban (further from a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LE13 (8)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Melton Mowbray, 670 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Church Street Practice, 720 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 710 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Aldi, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Park 420 m (5 min walk)
- Café Wild Bean Cafe, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship 420 m (5 min walk)
- Library Melton Mowbray Library and Adult Learning Centre, 730 m (9 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The company behind Melton Short Breaks Service
Leicestershire County Council runs 7 CQC-registered services; 6 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 7 are in Leicestershire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Track record
Melton Short Breaks Service has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 2 times, and is now Requires improvement.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 16 March 2024.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good; 1 other area is Good.
Across Leicestershire, 26 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 18 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (12%), while 12 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (8%), while 31 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (21%).
The Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
The five key questions
- Safe26 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Effective18 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Caring137 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Responsive12 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Well-led31 of 151 in Leicestershire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 March 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Leicestershire share it.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
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How Melton Short Breaks Service compares
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Leicestershire, 81% of the 151 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2024) is more recent than 62% of care home ratings in Leicestershire.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 90% of care homes in Leicestershire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 73% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Leicestershire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (19% of care homes in Leicestershire are also rated below Good here); Effective (12% of care homes in Leicestershire are also rated below Good here); Responsive (8% of care homes in Leicestershire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (21% of care homes in Leicestershire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Leicestershire (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Melton Short Breaks Service
- How did Melton Short Breaks Service score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does Melton Short Breaks Service charge?
- No fee list from Melton Short Breaks Service has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Who runs Melton Short Breaks Service?
- The registered provider is Leicestershire County Council, according to CQC.
- How many beds does Melton Short Breaks Service have?
- Melton Short Breaks Service has 6 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How recent is Melton Short Breaks Service's CQC rating?
- 16 March 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Melton Short Breaks Service registered for dementia care?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- Is Melton Short Breaks Service a registered provider?
- Yes. Melton Short Breaks Service is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-123424908) and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2024.
- Where is Melton Short Breaks Service based?
- It is at 21 Victor Avenue, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0GG.
- What kind of care can Melton Short Breaks Service offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Melton Short Breaks Service how it would adapt if needs increase.
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