Nursing home · Norfolk

Decoy Farm

Browston Lane, Browston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9DP

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 27 April 2023 Rated 3 years 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?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • September 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2017GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Norfolk

Decoy Farm is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 18 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (4%)
  • Good 123 (40%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 88 (28%)
  • Inadequate 11 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 15 (5%)

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  • Sapphire House
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Lydia Eva Court
    Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · NR31 7PZ · Residential care home · 89 beds3.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Ritson Lodge
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    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • The Elms Residential Care Home
    Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · NR31 7PP · Residential care home · 20 beds3.2 km
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Other homes run by Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd

6 care homes in total: 2 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 2 Not yet rated.

  • Glebe Farm
    Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · PE28 5YE · Nursing home · 9 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Lilac Lodge & Lavender Cottage
    Lowestoft, Suffolk · NR32 3AA · Residential care home · 34 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • The Laurels
    Lowestoft, Suffolk · NR32 4AQ · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 9 months ago
  • Cypress House
    Lowestoft, Suffolk · NR32 4AQ · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Eversley Lodge Nursing Home
    Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · NR30 4LW · Nursing home · 42 beds
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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What the data says about Decoy Farm

Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd runs Decoy Farm, a nursing home in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with room for 10 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Norfolk, where the median is 29 beds.

CQC last rated the home in April 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2021.

CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The nearest home with a higher rating is Sapphire House (Good), 2.8 km away. Country Retirement & Nursing Homes Ltd runs 6 care homes, and 2 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. 87 other homes in Norfolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2024. That is true of 89% of homes in Norfolk.