SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Ivy House Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Derby.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Jessicare Limited runs Ivy House Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Derby with room for 12 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Derby, where the typical home has 32 beds.
About 0.2 km away, The Limes Residential Home is rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in January 2024. In Derby, 72% of homes score 5. Across Derby, 74% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe was rated Inadequate. CQC rated caring as Good. Ratings in Derby are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 25 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
