Recovery House

What the ratings tell you

Area by area, Caring and Responsive are rated Outstanding; 3 other areas are Good.

Across York, 2 of 35 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (6%), while 2 of 35 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (6%).

The report's Caring and Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.

Track record

CQC registration dates from October 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Good and improving to Outstanding.

It has gone 8 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.

The CQC website holds 2 reports for it, the latest from 1 June 2018.

Ownership and company checks

Recovery House is run by Gravers Care Home Ltd (company 05373168), incorporated in 2005, 9 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Gravers Care Home Ltd runs 4 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 4 are in York, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Costs to expect

We estimate Recovery House at £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £58k–£70k.

Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.

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

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Graver's Care Home Limited, under 0.5 miles away.

19 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Guildhall ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (1 min), a park (3 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.