Home Instead
Lingfield House, Darlington, DL1 1RW · Darlington · North East
Community based adult social care services · operated by Darlington Home Care Ltd, part of Home Instead
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 3 years old.
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 4 Jul 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
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 | 4 Jul 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Caring | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 4 Jul 2023 |
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
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- 3 Jul 2012
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-434913967
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.