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?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Good Shepherd Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Nottingham.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Good Shepherd Nursing Home is a 10-bed nursing home in Nottingham, run by Good Shepherd 4 You Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Nottingham, where the median is 17 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottingham, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Clarendon Court Care Home (Good), 0.0 km away. Good Shepherd 4 You Ltd runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Nottingham, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
