Nursing Homes in Nottingham

Nottingham has 24 CQC registered nursing homes. 13 are rated Good, 4 Outstanding, 6 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 6 of the 24 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Choosing the Right Nursing Home in Nottingham and What to Look For

Nursing registration is the distinction that matters first. It means clinical care is delivered within the home at any hour by a registered nurse, rather than waiting on a community visit, and it is what separates these twenty four homes from residential care.

Starting from the clinical need

Write down what a nurse would actually be doing each day, whether that is wound and pressure care, diabetes management, catheter care, complex medication or support at the end of life. Homes vary in what they are equipped and experienced to handle, so ask each one whether it has supported someone with similar needs recently and what happened as that person's health changed.

Reading the inspection outcomes

Wilford View Care Home, Tottle Brook House and Sherwood hold the three Outstanding ratings on this list. Fourteen homes are rated Good, six are rated Requires Improvement and one is not yet rated. With that many marked down, the reports matter more than the labels, so check the inspection date and see which of the five key questions fell short. Findings about medicines or staffing warrant a fuller explanation from the manager than findings about paperwork.

What a visit adds

Go when the home is busy rather than at a quiet hour. Watch how staff speak to residents who are not expecting a visitor, whether people are occupied and how quickly call bells are answered. Ask how many registered nurses are on duty overnight, how much agency cover is used and how long the manager has been in post. Seeing a meal served, and the help given with it, is worth more than a tour of empty rooms.

Arranging and Funding Nursing Care in Nottingham

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, and a relative, a GP or a hospital discharge team may request one on their behalf. It is free and does not depend on savings. Nottingham City Council Adult Social Care carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that follows, which establishes how much of the weekly fee the council meets and how much the resident contributes.

The funding routes to ask about

A nursing placement usually draws on more than one source. The health service pays a contribution towards care given by a registered nurse straight to the home. Where a person's primary need is a health need rather than a social one, a further assessment can result in the whole package being funded through the health service. Anything remaining is settled between the council and the resident on the basis of the financial assessment.

Getting the cost picture clear

Ask each home for a written fee schedule rather than a figure quoted on the telephone, and check what is charged separately, such as chiropody, hairdressing or escorted appointments. Ask how much notice precedes an increase, whether the room is held during a hospital admission and what happens when private savings fall to the level at which council support begins.

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