InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: InadequateRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since March 2026
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Inadequate
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Inadequate
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Inadequate
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. ?
The home changed owner in March 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Drovers Call Care Home is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Drovers Call Care Home is a 52-bed nursing home in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, run by Knights Care (5) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment, people who use drugs or alcohol, people with an eating disorder and people detained under the Mental Health Act. The typical home in Lincolnshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2023, is Inadequate overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Inadequate. CQC rated caring and responsive as Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in May 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has slipped.
About 0.4 km away, Foxby Hill Care Home is rated Requires improvement. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The home changed owner in March 2026. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
