SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
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 upSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 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. ?
Nightingale Care and Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 16 other homes in Derby.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Nightingale Care and Nursing Home is a 60-bed nursing home in Derby, run by Agincare Homes (North) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Derby, where the typical home has 32 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in May 2025. In Derby, 72% of homes score 5. 16 other homes in Derby share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.3 km away, Coleridge House is rated Good. Agincare Homes (North) Limited runs 3 care homes, and 0 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2024. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in March 2024, it was rated Inadequate. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 18 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (significant shortfalls).
