Residential care home · County Durham

The Fields Care Home

123 Low Etherley, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0HA

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 month ago
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The Fields Care Home is a residential care home in Bishop Auckland in County Durham, run by The Fields Care Home. It is registered for up to 24 residents and supports older people and people living with dementia.

Its latest CQC rating, published August 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for responsive. For comparison, 92% of care homes in County Durham are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 10 August 2026 Rated 1 month ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in County Durham

The Fields Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 10 other homes in County Durham. Of the 140 rated care homes here, 92% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 10 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (8%)
  • Good 99 (69%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 8 (6%)
  • Requires improvement 11 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (2%)

Half of County Durham's ratings are more than 3.7 years old. How tiers work

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