Lindisfarne Birtley
Durham Road, Chester Le Street, DH3 1LU · Gateshead · North East
66 beds · operated by Gainford Care Homes Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, with every key question Good and none of this operator's 12 rated homes are below Good.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 12 of Gainford Care Homes Limited's rated homes are Good or better.
- On the record
- No key question is below Good and the rating is current. This is what a clean CQC record looks like — the checks we can make from the published data raise nothing.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Effective | Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Well-led | Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 12 other locations
Other active services registered to Gainford Care Homes Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Glenbrooke House | Good25 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Gateshead |
| Lindisfarne CLS Nursing | Good15 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne CLS Residential | Good23 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne Care Home | Good16 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne Crawcrook | Good25 Feb 2026 | Gateshead |
| Lindisfarne Hartlepool | Good7 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Hartlepool |
| Lindisfarne House | Good3 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Lindisfarne Newton Aycliffe | Good25 Feb 2025 | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne Ouston | Good16 May 2020rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne Seaham | Good24 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lindisfarne Shotton | Not yet rated | County Durham |
| The Grove | Good1 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Gateshead |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 2 Feb 2011
- Beds
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- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-125940690
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.