Clifton View Care Home

67 Widecombe Lane, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 9GH

01159842021

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

15 May 2025

Provider

Clifton View Ltd

Beds

76 beds

About Clifton View Care Home

Clifton View Care Home is a residential care home in Nottingham, providing personal care to older people and people living with dementia, including short stay reablement beds run alongside a local NHS provider. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Clifton View Care Home is a purpose built care home over three floors, providing personal care to older people and people living with dementia, including short stay reablement beds run with a local NHS provider. At the time of assessment it supported 67 people. The CQC rated the service Good overall, an improvement from its previous requires improvement rating, with earlier breaches around safe care, staffing and governance now resolved.

Inspectors found strong leadership from a newly appointed registered manager, who had embedded improvements and built a positive staff culture. Staffing levels and skills were sufficient, safety risks were well managed, and the home had been refurbished with an updated call bell system. People and relatives felt safe, well cared for, and confident raising concerns.

Source: CQC assessment, 27 October 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

Photographs of the home

Practical details from the provider

All bedrooms have en-suite facilities. Shared spaces include a ground-floor cinema and shop, plus a garden.

Published on the provider's website, checked 20 September 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

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: 76 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · NG11 9GH

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 27 October 2025. Assessment date recorded: 15 May 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 27 October 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment 2nd September 2025. Further review of documents took place off site on 3rd September 2025.
Clifton View is a ‘care home’ providing personal care and support to older people and people living with dementia. Clifton View is a purpose built care home, set over three floors. The first floor of the service hosts short stay reablement beds, commissioned to be provided in conjunction with a local NHS healthcare provider. At the time of the assessment, the service was supporting 67 people with their personal care needs. The service has a Registered Manager in post.
Clifton View Care Home was last rated requires improvement (published 18 December 2024). We found breaches of regulations related to safe care and treatment, staffing and governance at our previous inspection. Improvements had been made at this inspection, and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations.
The providers had promoted the former deputy manager to the Registered Manager role since our last assessment. The Registered Manager showed strong leadership qualities and had ensured the required improvements from our last visit had been embedded. Safety risks for people were managed robustly. The provider had reviewed their staffing and deployment and ensured there were sufficient staff to meet people’s needs. People were supported by skilled, kind and knowledgeable staff. Staff understood people’s needs well and respected their wishes and feelings. People were protected from harm by a staff team who understood the importance of upholding robust safeguarding practices. The service had been refurbished, with an updated call bell system in place. The newly Registered Manager had developed a positive culture amongst the staff team, who felt able to speak up and feel heard.

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

Read Clifton View 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 Clifton View 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 Clifton View 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 Clifton View 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.

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