Care home · Morpeth
Wilkinson Park
Illustrative photo, not of Wilkinson Park- Address
- Harbottle, Rothbury, Morpeth, NE65 7DP
- Run by
- Careline Lifestyles (UK) Ltd (6 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 21 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- September 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Careline Lifestyles
- Registered manager
- Zoe Louise Storie
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2006 (19 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06016995)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Nov 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,100–£1,350 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-299934641
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Wilkinson Park is based in Morpeth, run by Careline Lifestyles (UK) Ltd. Its registered specialisms include dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2025).
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe66% score84 of 93 in Northumberland
- Effective67% score90 of 93 in Northumberland
- Caring70% score81 of 93 in Northumberland
- Responsive71% score85 of 93 in Northumberland
- Well-led71% score75 of 93 in Northumberland
As rated by CQC, published 10 November 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Northumberland share it.
The company behind Wilkinson Park
Wilkinson Park is run by Careline Lifestyles (uk) Ltd (company 06016995), incorporated in 2006, 4 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Careline Lifestyles (UK) Ltd runs 6 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Careline Lifestyles brand, which covers 11 services run by 2 registered providers.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The assessment was carried out between 1 September and 30 September 2025.
- Accommodation is provided over 2 floors and there are 3 separate accommodation areas where people live more independently.
- At the last inspection in June 2023, we rated the home as requires improvement.
- People told us they felt safe at the service and there were enough staff to support them with their needs.
Inspected 13 July 2023; report published 24 October 2023; supporting 17 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
CQC's scores in detail
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Wilkinson Park scores 69%.
Safe 66%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 67%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives2 · Some shortfalls
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- 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 innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 29 July 2025, published 10 November 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2016
- Feb 2017
- Oct 2017
- Jan 2020
- Dec 2020
- Sep 2023
- Oct 2023
- Nov 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 24 October 2023
- CQC inspection report 1 September 2023
- CQC inspection report 25 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 16 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 4 October 2017
- CQC inspection report 25 February 2017
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 16 September 2024 by Northumberland. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Wilkinson Park"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Rothbury
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- NHS planning area
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Smaller rural (further from a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NE65 (7)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
How long it has been running
Registered in September 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 3 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 24 October 2023.
What it may cost
We estimate Wilkinson Park at £1,100–£1,350 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £57k–£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), Northumberland Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 74 of the 92 other care homes in Northumberland that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Responsive at 71% and its lowest is Safe at 66%, averaging 69% overall.
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Questions about Wilkinson Park
- How many beds does Wilkinson Park have?
- CQC registers Wilkinson Park for 21 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Wilkinson Park?
- The registered provider is Careline Lifestyles (UK) Ltd, according to CQC.
- What are Wilkinson Park's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Wilkinson Park yet. Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Wilkinson Park rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What type of care does Wilkinson Park provide?
- Wilkinson Park is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- What is Wilkinson Park's address?
- It is at Harbottle, Rothbury, Morpeth, NE65 7DP.
- Is Wilkinson Park registered with CQC?
- Yes. Wilkinson Park is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-299934641) and was rated Good overall in November 2025.
- Does Wilkinson Park support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Wilkinson Park last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 10 November 2025. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
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