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What the CQC found at Clarence House Care Home

Goodpublished 9 April 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Good; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Good; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Requires improvement; Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Clarence House Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Clarence House Care Home

4 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

April 2022Goodcurrent ratingup from Inadequate
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
June 2021Inadequatestayed Inadequate
Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
November 2020Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
Safe: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
April 2019Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
April 2025
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 April 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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13 live-in carers within about an hour of Norfolk

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £990 to £1,120 a week. 9 can care for a couple. 14 years' experience on average.

Szvetlana M.

2 reviews

From £1,113 a week, 8 years caring

Based about 14 minutes from Norfolk. Can care for a couple

Ruby N.

1 review

From £1,260 a week, 20 years caring

Based about 15 minutes from Norfolk. Can care for a couple

Ibolya Z.

From £945 a week, 17 years caring

Based about 7 minutes from Norfolk

Rafail N.

From £1,120 a week, 15 years caring

Based about 18 minutes from Norfolk. Can care for a couple

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