SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
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
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
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?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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, 1 exceptional, 7 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. ?
Pathways Health Care Limited is in the Good tier ?, with 154 other homes in Nottinghamshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Pathways Health Care Limited is an independent 10-bed nursing home in Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Nottinghamshire has 26 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Across Nottinghamshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2024. 89% of homes in Nottinghamshire also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in February 2026. That matches its previous rating, from December 2017. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
