SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Good
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. ?
Doves Nest Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Manchester.
82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Doves Nest Nursing Home is a 50-bed nursing home in Manchester. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Manchester are smaller: the median there is 21 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. 87% of homes in Manchester also score 5. 8 other homes in Manchester share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in February 2020, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in December 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 38% of ratings in Manchester are as old (how rating age varies by council).
