SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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: 31 good, 1 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited runs Sheepwalk House, a residential care home in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire with room for 6 residents. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Nottinghamshire, where the median is 26 beds.
Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited runs 9 care homes, and 8 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Hatzfeld House (Outstanding), 3.7 km away. In Nottinghamshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
In October 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from August 2018. The typical rating in Nottinghamshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
