Lime House
- Care home
- 32 beds
- No nursing
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2011
- Wigan, North West
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.
10 months
since the latest rating was published.
5 of 53
rated care homes in Wigan are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
Lime House: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in December 2025, down from Good.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Ashwood Court Residential Home (Good, 0.5 miles away) and Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways (Good, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Ashwood Court Residential Home Good, 0.5 miles away
- G Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways Good, 0.5 miles away
- G High Peak Residential and Nursing Home Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Golborne House Residential Care Home Good, 1 mile away
- RI Holcroft Grange Residential Care Home Requires improvement, 2.2 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 29 December 2025 (assessment visit 15 October 2025). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Date of Assessment: 11 to 24 November 2025.
This service is a residential care home providing support to older people. At the time of the inspection 26 people lived at the service.
- Safe Inadequate
- Effective No rating
- Caring Good
- Responsive No rating
- Well-led No rating
Read the rest of CQC's summary
We carried out this comprehensive assessment in response to concerns about the quality and safety of care people received.
The provider’s systems for investigating, reporting, and learning were not robust, and appropriate actions were not always taken in response. Various concerns around the safety of people’s care, including health and safety, infection prevention and control (IPC) and medicine concerns were found during the inspection.
We were unable to determine if people had received appropriate care or not as the provider’s oversight and monitoring systems were not robust. During the inspection, we found concerns around whether people received appropriate care around their personal care, oral hygiene, repositioning needs and night checks.
Quality and safety in the service had not been maintained, and oversight and monitoring systems related to risks were not robust. Moving and handling practices were unsafe.
Systems to monitor staffing levels were not robust. The provider did not have systems in place or use a dependency tool to determine safe staffing levels at the service.
The provider did not always plan and deliver people’s care and treatment with them, including what was important and mattered to them. There was limited evidence that people were involved in their care planning and reviews.
Staff were kind, respectful and caring.We observed staff engage with people in a friendly and caring manner and their conversations with people were good natured. People’s privacy and dignity were respected.
We were not assured person-centred care was always provided to people. Care plans lacked person-centred details and there were inconsistencies in care records. The service predominantly supported people living with a diagnosis of dementia and there was a lack of dementia support, dementia friendly signage and visuals in the service to meet people’s needs. Activities for people to engage within the service were limited.
Governance systems were not robust. Some of the health and safety and IPC concerns were found via the provider’s auditing systems in August 2025 and September 2025, however, timely action had not been taken to address the concerns and issues remained during our inspection.
The service was in breach of legal regulations in relation to person-centred care, good governance and staffing.
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Safe
Inadequate
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has changed to inadequate. This meant people were not safe and were at risk of avoidable harm.
The service was in breach of legal regulations in relation to governance and processes failed to effectively monitor and mitigate the risks relating to people's health, safety and welfare, as well as failing to ensure robust processes were in place to ensure sufficient numbers of staff were deployed.
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Effective
No rating
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has changed to requires improvement. This meant the effectiveness of people’s care, treatment and support did not always achieve good outcomes or was inconsistent.
The service was in breach of a legal regulation in relation to person-centred care.
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Caring
Good
Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the provider involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has remained good. This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.
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Responsive
No rating
Responsive – this means we looked for evidence that the provider met people’s needs.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has changed to requires improvement. This meant people’s needs were not always met.
The service was in breach of a legal regulation in relation to person-centred care.
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Well-led
No rating
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has changed to requires improvement. This meant the management and leadership was inconsistent. Leaders and the culture they created did not always support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.
The service was in breach of a legal regulation in relation to governance and processes failed to effectively monitor and mitigate the risks relating to people's health, safety and welfare.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Inadequate on 29 December 2025. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Effective was rated Requires improvement on 29 December 2025. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
- Responsive was rated Requires improvement on 29 December 2025. Ask to see how care plans are kept up to date, how complaints are handled and what activities are on offer.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 29 December 2025. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Lucy Openshaw
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Mental Health, Older People
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)7 inspection reports, latest 18 September 2020. Latest assessment published 29 December 2025; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Nugent Care
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Charity number
- 1187072
Nugent Care runs 4 services, all in the North West. 1 is rated Good or Outstanding and 3 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Other services run by Nugent Care
- G St Josephs Good. Care home, Liverpool
- RI Margaret Roper House Requires improvement. Care home with nursing, Sefton
- RI Nugent Community Choices Requires improvement. Home care, St Helens
Getting help from Wigan Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Wigan Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01942 828777, Monday to Friday 8.45am to 5pm. Urgent enquiries outside these hours (24 hours a day): same number
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Care home fee rates published by the council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Lime House provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Lime House as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Lime House have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 32 beds at Lime House.
- When was Lime House last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Lime House was published on 29 December 2025.
- Who runs Lime House?
- Lime House is run by Nugent Care. It runs 4 services, all in the North West.
- What is Lime House's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 29 December 2025.
Contact
- Phone
- 01942 674135
- Address
- Newton Road, Lowton, Nr Warrington, WA3 1HF Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Ashwood Court Residential Home (Good, 0.5 miles away) and Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways (Good, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Ashwood Court Residential Home Good, 0.5 miles away
- G Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways Good, 0.5 miles away
- G High Peak Residential and Nursing Home Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Golborne House Residential Care Home Good, 1 mile away
- RI Holcroft Grange Residential Care Home Requires improvement, 2.2 miles away