SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Church Farm Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Church Farm Care Home is one of 311 care homes in Norfolk: a 40-bed residential care home in Great Yarmouth, run by Hewitt-Hill Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
CQC last rated the home in January 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That is up from Inadequate in February 2024. Ratings in Norfolk are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 11 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The Coach House SBDP1 Limited, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 4 homes run by Hewitt-Hill Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Norfolk. Across Norfolk, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
