Care home · Liverpool
St Josephs
Illustrative photo, not of St Josephs- Address
- Woodlands Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 0AN
- Run by
- Nugent Care (4 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 18 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Helen Marie Ormandy
- Last CQC check
- 23 Oct 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-126014166
An overview of St Josephs
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, St Josephs is based in Liverpool, run by Nugent Care. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (October 2026). It is one of 50 CQC-registered care homes in and around Liverpool; 29 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
St Josephs has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
There are 5 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 23 October 2019.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Broughton House Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.
Its rating is more recent than any of the 22 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in Mossley Hill ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (4 min), a park (6 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate St Josephs at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Liverpool Council for a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for St Josephs: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 46 of the 76 other care homes in Liverpool that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 77% overall.
Detailed scores
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, St Josephs scores 77%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 10 September 2026, published 13 October 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2016
- Apr 2017
- Oct 2019
- Oct 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 23 October 2019
- CQC inspection report 6 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 20 April 2016
- Inspection report 8 January 2014
- Inspection report 3 October 2012
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 25 October 2023 by Liverpool. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "St Josephs Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Mossley Hill
- Council
- Liverpool City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in L17 (5)
Larger map · How to get there · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Local amenities
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 26 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Mossley Hill, 960 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Fulwood Green Medical Centre, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Best-one, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Park 480 m (6 min walk)
- Café Sunday, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship 150 m (2 min walk)
- Library Sefton Park Library, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score44 of 77 in Liverpool
- Effective75% score65 of 77 in Liverpool
- Caring80% score62 of 77 in Liverpool
- Responsive79% score69 of 77 in Liverpool
- Well-led75% score47 of 77 in Liverpool
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 13 October 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Liverpool share it.
What inspectors found
- The home is operated by Nugent Care, an organisation that provides care and support services across the North-West of England.
- Who the service is for The service provides support to people who have an acquired brain injury, a neurological disorder and/or a physical disability.
- Throughout the assessment, people consistently told us they were happy living at the home, felt safe and were cared for by staff who knew them extremely well.
- One person told us, "Staff are very caring, they deserve medals.
Inspected 30 September 2019; report published 23 October 2019. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Nugent Care runs 4 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 1 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (25%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed St Josephs on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
How St Josephs compares
- Rated Good. Across Liverpool, 68% of the 77 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2026) is more recent than 99% of care home ratings in Liverpool.
- With 18 beds it is smaller than 78% of care homes in Liverpool, where the typical home has 35.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 81% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Liverpool lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Liverpool, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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Quick answers about St Josephs
- Which provider runs St Josephs?
- CQC lists Nugent Care as the provider responsible for St Josephs.
- How big is St Josephs?
- St Josephs can take up to 18 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How is St Josephs rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For St Josephs: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are St Josephs's fees?
- St Josephs hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- What type of care does St Josephs provide?
- Registration for St Josephs covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is St Josephs registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records St Josephs as a care home, location ID 1-126014166 and was rated Good overall in October 2026.
- Where is St Josephs?
- It is at Woodlands Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 0AN.
- When was St Josephs last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 13 October 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does St Josephs support people with dementia?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
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