Nursing home · Norfolk

Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing

126 Grimston Road, South Wootton, Kings Lynn, PE30 3PB

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
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Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing is a nursing home in Kings Lynn, run by Archers Healthcare Limited. It has 46 registered beds and supports older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall in July 2019. It was rated Good for responsive. Across Norfolk, 65% of the 295 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding. The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to re-inspect based on risk, so this isn't a mark against the home, but it's worth asking what has changed since.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 30 July 2019 Rated 7 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?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Older rating. Published 30 July 2019, 7 years ago. CQC prioritises inspections by risk, so many well-run homes go years without a visit. We never rank a home lower for an old rating. Check the CQC website for anything newer.

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Norfolk

Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 91 other homes in Norfolk. Of the 295 rated care homes here, 65% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 18 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (4%)
  • Good 120 (39%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 43 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 92 (30%)
  • Inadequate 10 (3%)
  • Not yet rated 16 (5%)

Half of Norfolk's ratings are more than 6.4 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Archers Healthcare Limited runs 3 care homes registered with CQC: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Braintree Nursing Home
    Braintree, Essex · CM7 9DB · Nursing home · 51 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Aston Grange Nursing Home
    St. Albans, Hertfordshire · AL1 2NW · Nursing home · 42 beds
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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