SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Larchwood Nursing and Residential Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Loven Larchwood Limited, Larchwood Nursing and Residential Home is a nursing home in Norwich, Norfolk with 48 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Norfolk has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across Norfolk, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in June 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in July 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. Ratings in Norfolk are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
