Acorn Nursing Home

46-48 All Saints Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0NJ

01274734004

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

27 June 2023

Provider

Regency Healthcare Limited

Beds

34 beds

About Acorn Nursing Home

Acorn Nursing Home brings together nursing care and a genuine sense of community in Bradford, offering families a place where their loved ones can feel at home. The team here understands how important it is for residents to feel comfortable and valued in their surroundings, and that commitment runs through everything they do. If you are exploring care options in the Bradford area, Acorn Nursing Home is worth getting to know.

Acorn Nursing Home provides personal and nursing care to 34 people, including older people and those living with dementia. At inspection, 30 people were using the service. Inspectors found significant concerns with risk management systems, which were not in place to properly assess, review and monitor risks relating to people's health, safety and welfare.

Medicines were not managed safely, and care records lacked consistent person-centred approaches with monitoring being inconsistent. While some audits and quality checks existed, they were not effective in identifying shortfalls.

People and relatives reported feeling safe and said staff were caring, with sufficient staff available to provide support when needed. The service supported people to have maximum choice and control of their lives, with staff supporting them in the least restrictive way possible. Recruitment was managed effectively.

Inspectors recommended improvements to how the involvement of people and their representatives in decisions are recorded.

Source: CQC inspection report, 2 August 2023

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 34 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BD5 0NJ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 2 August 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 27 June 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
EffectivePublished 14 December 2018: Good
CaringPublished 14 December 2018: Good
ResponsivePublished 14 December 2018: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Acorn Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Acorn Nursing Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Acorn Nursing Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Acorn Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees