The Berkeley
- Care home
- 10 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2011
- Kingsthorpe, West Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
4 ratings
Its last inspection moved it down from Good to Requires improvement.
4 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
28 of 89
rated care homes in West Northamptonshire are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
The Berkeley: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in February 2023, down from Good.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Fair Haven Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Ryecroft Apartments (Good, 0.6 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Fair Haven Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI Symphony House Nursing Home Requires improvement, 0.4 miles away
- G Ryecroft Apartments Good, 0.6 miles away
- G St Georges Good, 0.6 miles away
- G Richardson Grove Limited Good, 0.6 miles away
About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 17 February 2023. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
The Berkeley is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 10 people with a diagnosis of learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, mental health needs or sensory impairments. At the time of the inspection 7 people were living in the home.
What inspectors found
Right Support: Risks to people had not always been assessed and strategies to reduce the known risks had not always been recorded. The provider implemented the missing risk assessments and completed mitigating strategies immediately after the inspection.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Medicine management required further improvement. Medicine records were not always consistently recorded. The provider was aware, and actions were being put into place.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service did not always support this practice.
Right Care: People were supported by staff who knew them well and who had been safely recruited. However, not all staff had the relevant training to ensure they had the knowledge of people's health needs. The provider allocated new training to all staff immediately after inspection feedback.
People, relatives and staff knew how to complain. The provider had processes in place to support whistleblowing, raising complaints and completing the duty of candour.
People, relatives and staff were given the opportunity to feedback on the service. The provider sent out annual surveys and feedback was sought during regular reviews.
Right Culture: Systems and processes to ensure good management oversight and to make improvements required improving. Not all processes were effective in identifying concerns and improvements needed. The provider implemented new systems and processes after the inspection, these will need to reviewed at the next
inspection to establish if they are effective and embedded into practice.
Staff felt supported in their roles and received regular supervisions and meetings to raise any concerns, give suggestions or feedback on the service delivered.
People and relatives were positive about the attitudes and behaviour of staff and the culture of the service.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 17 February 2023. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 17 February 2023. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- The last rating is 4 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
Registration details
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Older People, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)8 inspection reports, latest 17 February 2023. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Mentaur Limited
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 02239409 (opens Companies House)
Mentaur Limited runs 10 services in England, 7 of them in the East Midlands. 8 are rated Good or Outstanding and 2 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Other services run by Mentaur Limited
- G Burghley Good. Care home, North Northamptonshire
- G Herons Lodge Good. Care home, Leicestershire
- G Holly Tree Lodge Good. Care home, Bedford, East of England
- G Lavanda Villa Good. Care home, Bedford, East of England
Getting help from West Northamptonshire Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at West Northamptonshire Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 126 7000, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: West Northamptonshire Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does The Berkeley provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists The Berkeley as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does The Berkeley have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 10 beds at The Berkeley.
- When was The Berkeley last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for The Berkeley was published on 17 February 2023.
- Who runs The Berkeley?
- The Berkeley is run by Mentaur Limited. It runs 10 services in England, 7 of them in the East Midlands.
- What is The Berkeley's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 17 February 2023.
Contact
- Phone
- 01604 215058
- Address
- 1-2 Elysium Terrace, Kingsthorpe Road, Northampton, NN2 6EN Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Fair Haven Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Ryecroft Apartments (Good, 0.6 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Fair Haven Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI Symphony House Nursing Home Requires improvement, 0.4 miles away
- G Ryecroft Apartments Good, 0.6 miles away
- G St Georges Good, 0.6 miles away
- G Richardson Grove Limited Good, 0.6 miles away