SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 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. ?
Witnesham Nursing Home 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 Crown View Care Ltd, Witnesham Nursing Home is a nursing home in Ipswich, Suffolk with 30 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
Fairways, 2.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Crown View Care Ltd has run the home since February 2026, when it changed owner. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in August 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Suffolk are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe and effective staffing”, one of 21 standards out of 33 scored below good.
