Care home · Stanley
Stanley Park
Illustrative photo, not of Stanley Park- Address
- Wear Road, Stanley, DH9 6AH
- Run by
- Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd (106 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 71 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Welltower
- Registered manager
- Andrew James Astin-Rae
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1991 (35 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02644862)
- Last CQC check
- 6 Feb 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,470–£1,800 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region (Care UK homes publish prices above their area average); the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-319264930
About Stanley Park
Stanley Park in Stanley is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2026). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Stanley; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
The company behind Stanley Park
Stanley Park is run by Care Uk Community Partnerships Ltd (company 02644862), incorporated in 1991, 20 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd runs 106 CQC-registered services across 53 council areas; 97 of the 102 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (95%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in County Durham.
It trades under the Welltower brand, which covers 623 services run by 76 registered providers.
Scores behind the rating
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Stanley Park scores 73%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together2 · Some shortfalls
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information2 · Some shortfalls
- 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 8 October 2025, published 6 February 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2016
- Oct 2017
- Oct 2022
- Jun 2023
- Feb 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2023
- CQC inspection report 28 October 2022
- CQC inspection report 19 October 2017
- CQC inspection report 28 April 2016
- Inspection report 2 December 2014
- Inspection report 15 July 2014
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 2 June 2026 by Durham. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Stanley Park Care Home - Care UK"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Stanley
- Council
- Durham County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Durham
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DH9 (11)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Costs to expect
We estimate Stanley Park at £1,470–£1,800 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region (Care UK homes publish prices above their area average). Over a year that is roughly £76k–£94k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), County Durham Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Key points from CQC's visit
- At the time of our unannounced visit, 60 people were using the service.
- The registered manager is registered with the Care Quality Commission and is legally responsible to ensure that the service is compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
- At our last inspection, we identified a breach of legal regulation in relation to good governance.
- Their comments included, “Staff are kind and patient”, “Staff do spend time with me” and “Staff let me know what is happening.” Relatives also found staff were kind and respectful.
Inspected 16 May 2023; report published 23 June 2023. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Choice nearby
There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Stanley Park, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25).
2 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Stanley ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Stanley Park: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 115 of the 138 other care homes in County Durham that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Responsive at 71%, averaging 73% overall.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe72% score129 of 139 in County Durham
- Effective71% score130 of 139 in County Durham
- Caring75% score123 of 138 in County Durham
- Responsive71% score123 of 139 in County Durham
- Well-led75% score116 of 139 in County Durham
Source: CQC, published 6 February 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in County Durham share it.
Track record
Registered in October 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 23 June 2023.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Stanley Park on The Care Panel so far.
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Where Stanley Park stands locally
- Rated Good. Across County Durham, 93% of the 138 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2026) is more recent than 87% of care home ratings in County Durham.
- With 71 beds it is larger than 94% of care homes in County Durham, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 52% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in County Durham lists 4.
Based on the CQC register for County Durham as at Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
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- Hollie HillJul 2026
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Stanley Park questions answered
- When did CQC last rate Stanley Park?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 6 February 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Can Stanley Park care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- What type of care does Stanley Park provide?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Stanley Park how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Stanley Park regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-319264930 and was rated Good overall in February 2026.
- Where is Stanley Park based?
- It is at Wear Road, Stanley, DH9 6AH.
- How is Stanley Park rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What are Stanley Park's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Stanley Park yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,095 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Which provider runs Stanley Park?
- On CQC's register the provider is Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd.
- How big is Stanley Park?
- Stanley Park has 71 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
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Register data from the Care Quality Commission, refreshed Oct 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Provider-written text is labelled as such. We are an independent directory, not a care provider.