Care home · Gateshead
Summerson House
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- 29-31 Stone Street, Windy Nook, Gateshead, NE10 9RY
- Run by
- Community Integrated Care (33 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Community Integrated Care (CIC)
- Registered manager
- Sarah Jean Lowery
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02225727)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Feb 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,070–£1,300 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-129266765
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Summerson House is based in Gateshead, run by Community Integrated Care. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities and learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (February 2020). It is one of 32 CQC-registered care homes in and around Gateshead; 30 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The registered manager and staff consistently demonstrated they valued and respected the people who used the service.
- The staff were passionate about supporting people to engage in meaningful activities and lead lives with meaning.
- The staff team had been trained to use positive behaviour support (PBS) and had fully implemented these techniques.
- Staff found this approach greatly reduced individual's distress and enhanced people's quality of life.
Inspected 13 January 2020; report published 5 February 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Needs it is registered to meet
Taken from its CQC registration.
Summerson House over the years
Registered in December 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2020), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
It has gone 6 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.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 5 February 2020.
Likely fees
We estimate Summerson House at £1,070–£1,300 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£68k.
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Around Gateshead
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 24 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Philips Court, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (6 of the nearest 25).
20 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Windy Nook & Whitehills ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a park (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind Summerson House
Summerson House is run by Community Integrated Care (company 02225727), incorporated in 1988, 22 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 12 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Community Integrated Care runs 33 CQC-registered services across 15 council areas; 30 of the 32 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (94%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Community Integrated Care (CIC) brand, which covers 33 services run by 1 registered provider.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe46 of 47 in Gateshead
- Effective47 of 47 in Gateshead
- Caring42 of 47 in Gateshead
- Responsive45 of 47 in Gateshead
- Well-led41 of 47 in Gateshead
As rated by CQC, published 5 February 2020. Under each rating: how many care homes in Gateshead share it.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2016
- Jun 2017
- Jan 2019
- Feb 2020
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 5 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 26 January 2019
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2016
- Inspection report 28 June 2014
- Inspection report 11 May 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 20 July 2026 by Gateshead. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Summerson House Residential Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Windy Nook & Whitehills
- Council
- Gateshead Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 24 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Felling, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- GP surgery Felling Health Centre, 910 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 900 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Park Carr Hill Recreation Ground, 670 m (8 min walk)
- Café Dragone's Cafe & Sandwich Bar, 970 m (12 min walk)
- Place of worship Windy Nook Methodist Church, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Library Felling Library, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Summerson House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 40 of the 46 other care homes in Gateshead that CQC has rated.
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Summerson House against its area
- Rated Good. Across Gateshead, 98% of the 47 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2020) is more recent than 17% of care home ratings in Gateshead.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 92% of care homes in Gateshead, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 92% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Gateshead lists 4.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Gateshead, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Nearest care homes
Guides for families
Other care homes near Gateshead with recent ratings
- Pinetree LodgeFeb 2026
- Hawksbury HouseDec 2025
- Alexandra VillaAug 2026
Summerson House questions answered
- What services is Summerson House registered for?
- Summerson House is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- What is Summerson House's address?
- It is at 29-31 Stone Street, Windy Nook, Gateshead, NE10 9RY.
- Is Summerson House a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-129266765 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in February 2020.
- Is Summerson House registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When did CQC last rate Summerson House?
- The latest rating is dated 5 February 2020, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- How big is Summerson House?
- CQC capacity for Summerson House: 6 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Summerson House?
- Summerson House is run by Community Integrated Care, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does Summerson House charge?
- No fee list from Summerson House has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,095 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did Summerson House score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Summerson House: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.