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?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?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?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: 33 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. ?
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home is in the Good tier ?, with 32 other homes in Derby.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
About Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home is one of 68 care homes in Derby: a 75-bed nursing home in Derby, run by Sanctuary Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Derby has 32 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
32 other homes in Derby share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 72% of homes in Derby also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 84 homes run by Sanctuary Care Limited. 79 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
In September 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Derby, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.
