Residential care home · Suffolk

Thurleston Residential Home

Whitton Park, Thurleston Lane, Ipswich, IP1 6TJ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 10 March 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2021GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2020GoodSECRW previous owner
  • September 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • April 2016GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Suffolk

Thurleston Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (12%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 6 (3%)
  • Good 92 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (11%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (16%)
  • Inadequate 3 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Henley House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP1 6TB · Residential care home · 66 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • The White House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP1 5LR · Nursing home · 6 beds1.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Chesterfield House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP1 6DW · Residential care home · 1 beds1.5 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Sherrington House
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP1 4HT · Residential care home · 48 beds2.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Fairways
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP6 9AX · Residential care home · 8 beds2.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • Bethesda Eventide Homes - Ipswich
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP1 3SN · Residential care home · 27 beds2.7 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago

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Other homes run by Minton Care Hotels Ltd

2 care homes in total: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Carleton House Care Home
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR14 8HT · Residential care home · 27 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago

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Thurleston Residential Home in brief

Thurleston Residential Home is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 37-bed residential care home in Ipswich, run by Minton Care Hotels Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 1 for food hygiene in July 2026. In Suffolk, 92% of homes score 5. 29 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Henley House, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 2 homes run by Minton Care Hotels Ltd. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in July 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.