SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Hawthorne Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 36 other homes in Nottinghamshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hawthorne Nursing Home is one of 274 care homes in Nottinghamshire: a 36-bed nursing home in Nottingham, run by Hawthorne Care Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a sensory impairment.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre (Good), 1.3 km away. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 89% of homes in Nottinghamshire also score 5. 36 other homes in Nottinghamshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 17 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
