Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated this month↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?41%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Acer Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 36 other homes in Nottinghamshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Acer Court Care Home is one of 274 care homes in Nottinghamshire: a 78-bed residential care home in Nuthall, run by Avery Homes Nuthall Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Nottinghamshire are smaller: the median there is 26 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Good. Before that, in November 2019, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Nottinghamshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 24 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
About 0.0 km away, Alder House Care Home is rated Good. 36 other homes in Nottinghamshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 3 for food hygiene in May 2026. 89% of homes in Nottinghamshire score the top mark of 5.
