Hundens Park
Hundens Lane, Darlington, DL1 1JF · Darlington · North East
49 beds · operated by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited, part of Barchester Healthcare
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (23 Mar 2021), the rating is 5 years old, and 23 of this operator's 195 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement23 Mar 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 5 years old — published 23 Mar 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 23 of 195 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 Mar 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 9 Dec 2017 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 9 Dec 2017 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 9 Dec 2017 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 23 Mar 2021 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 235 other locations
Other active services registered to Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Adlington Manor | Requires improvement2 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Cheshire East |
| Alice Grange | Good19 Dec 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Appletree Grange | Good5 Oct 2025 | Gateshead |
| Arbour Court | Good6 Jun 2025 | Stockport |
| Ashby House - Milton Keynes | Good30 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Ashchurch View | Good8 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
| Ashcombe | Good15 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| Ashfields | Requires improvement12 Apr 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Ashford House | Good19 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| Ashlar House | Good22 Nov 2023 | Essex |
| Ashminster House | Good27 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Atfield House | Good5 Sep 2023 | Hounslow |
…and 223 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- On CQC’s site
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Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.