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Care home

Abbeyvale Care Centre

Laidler Close, Hartlepool, TS27 4QP · County Durham · North East

42 beds · operated by Essential Care & Support Ltd, part of National Care Group

CQC overall rating
Good11 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.

Age of rating
6 years old — published 11 Dec 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 2 of Essential Care & Support Ltd's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Dec 2019
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Dec 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Dec 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Dec 2019
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Dec 2019

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 — 1 other location

Other active services registered to Essential Care & Support Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Essential Care and Support LtdGood17 Nov 2023County Durham

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
12 Oct 2018
Beds
42
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-5704976910

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.