SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?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: 29 good, 4 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. ?
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. ?
Waterfield House is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 76-bed nursing home in Ipswich, run by Runwood Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Suffolk has 36 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. Across Suffolk, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Runwood Homes Limited runs 55 care homes, and 46 of the 55 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In May 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 May 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 4 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
