SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Archers Healthcare Limited runs Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing, a nursing home in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with room for 46 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Norfolk has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
It is one of 3 homes run by Archers Healthcare Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Woodlands (Good), 1.3 km away. Across Norfolk, 67% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC last rated the home in July 2019, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. Responsive was rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2019, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Norfolk, 46% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
