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Church Farm Care HomeNorfolk

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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Church Farm Care Home

Yarmouth Road, Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, NR29 4NJ

01493730181

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

2 October 2024

Provider

Hewitt-Hill Limited

Beds

40 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 7 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 6 are rated higher by CQC, 1 is the same and none are lower.

2 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

GoodJul 2015
InadequateJan 2018
Requires ImprovementJun 2018
Requires ImprovementMar 2019
Requires ImprovementDec 2019
InadequateFeb 2024
Requires ImprovementJan 2025

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 7 times since 2015.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Hewitt-Hill Limited, which runs 4 care homes in England: 3 rated Good and 1 Requires Improvement.

Average care home fees in the East of England: £1,034 a week for residential care and £1,411 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Church Farm Care Home

Church Farm Care Home is a residential care home in Norfolk, offering accommodation and personal care, including support for people living with dementia. The findings from the most recent CQC inspection are set out below.

Church Farm Care Home provides accommodation and personal care, including support for people living with dementia. The CQC found the service required improvement overall, though inspectors noted better staff morale and a more dementia-friendly environment since the previous inspection, with an ongoing refurbishment plan. Staff were seen to act quickly when issues arose.

However, inspectors found inaccuracies in care records, risks not clearly identified or mitigated, and gaps in staff training and competency. Oversight by the provider was not fully assured, as new processes were not yet embedded. Feedback from people using the service and relatives was largely positive, with people saying they felt safe and knew how to raise concerns.

Source: CQC assessment, 15 January 2025

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.

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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 without nursing
Registered capacity: 40 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · NR29 4NJ

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: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 15 January 2025. Assessment date recorded: 2 October 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 15 January 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

We carried out an assessment on Church Farm Care Home from 02 October 2024 with an unannounced site visit carried out on the 16 October 2024. This was due to the services last inspection rating; to ensure that they had implemented improvements and that these were beginning to be embedded within the service. We noted a significant improvement in staff morale and the environment was more suited to people living with Dementia and there was an ongoing improvement plan to refurbish the environment. We found staff on the day of the onsite assessment were proactive and when issues were identified they were acted on immediately. However, the processes still required a lot of improvement, there were inaccuracies in care records and risks were not clearly identified in risks assessments or mitigated. There was improvement required around staff training and competency and we were not assured the provider had clear oversight within the service due to a lack of processes and new processes that were implemented we were not assured they were fully embedded. We spoke to 10 staff within the service to obtain their feedback.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
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 Church Farm Care 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 Church Farm Care 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 Church Farm Care 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 Church Farm Care 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