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What the CQC found at The Sycamores and The Poplars

Requires improvementpublished 21 July 2026, 2 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for The Sycamores and The Poplars.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Sycamores and The Poplars

4 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. February 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. March 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. December 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. January 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 January 2024.

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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75 live-in carers within about an hour of Nottinghamshire

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Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 63 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Nontando S.
1 review
From £1,204 a week, 18 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
Veronica D.
2 reviews
From £1,050 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 24 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
Ernest C.
1 review
From £1,096 a week, 18 years caring
Based about 26 minutes from Nottinghamshire
Adetumi B.
1 review
From £1,236 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 27 minutes from Nottinghamshire. Can care for a couple
“Ernest is an amazing professional carer who delivers care from the heart.”
Melanie B., about Ernest C.
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