Balmore Country House

245-7 Loughborough Road, Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6NY

01159213006

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

21 May 2024

Provider

Ruddington Homes Limited

Beds

76 beds

About Balmore Country House

Balmore Country House is a nursing home in Nottinghamshire. Details of the Care Quality Commission's most recent findings are set out below.

Balmore Country House, in Nottinghamshire, is a residential home providing personal and nursing care for up to 76 people, including older people and those living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, 28 people were using the service, which is now rated Good overall, an improvement on its previous requires improvement rating.

Inspectors found people felt safe and were involved in decisions about their care, which matched their assessed needs. People had access to GPs, dentists and other health and social care professionals, and were supported to discuss their wishes for end of life care where they wanted to.

Source: CQC assessment, 22 August 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

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: 76 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · NG11 6NY

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia.

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: Good.

Assessment published 22 August 2024. Assessment date recorded: 21 May 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 22 August 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment 03 July to 23 July 2024. Balmore Country House is a residential home providing personal and nursing care to up to 76 people. The service provides support to older people, some of whom may be living with dementia. At the time of our assessment there were 28 people using the service. Balmore Country House was last rated requires improvement (published 28 May 2024). Both the previous and this assessment have been completed following the Care Quality Commission (CQC) new approach to assessment; Single Assessment Framework (SAF). We returned to complete remaining quality statements which had not been covered in our first assessment. We assessed a total of 16 quality statements from the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions and found areas of good practice. The scores for these areas have been combined with scores from the last assessment.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Balmore Country House'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 Balmore Country House, 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 Balmore Country House, 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 Balmore Country House'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