SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
St Peter's House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by St Peter's Care Home Limited, St Peter's House is a residential care home in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk with 66 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Suffolk are smaller: the median there is 36 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Willows and Rosehill, Drummond Court (Good), 0.7 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in September 2023, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
