SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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 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. ?
Vinegar House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Derby.
74% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by BrownFox Quality Care Limited, Vinegar House is a residential care home in Derby with 13 registered beds. It is registered to care for people with mental health needs. The typical home in Derby has 32 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in November 2016, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Derby, 28% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2024. That is true of 72% of homes in Derby. In Derby, 74% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
