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Nightingale Care and Nursing HomeDerby

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Rated:Requires ImprovementNursing

Nightingale Care and Nursing Home

234 Caxton Street, Derby, DE23 1RJ

01332718710

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

23 January 2024

Provider

Agincare Homes (North) Limited

Beds

60 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 50 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 37 are rated higher by CQC, 13 are the same and none are lower.

25 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

GoodJun 2016
InadequateMar 2024
Requires ImprovementMar 2024

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2024. CQC has rated this home 3 times since 2016.

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

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Agincare Homes (North) Limited, which runs 4 care homes in England: 1 rated Good and 3 Requires Improvement.

Average care home fees in the East Midlands: £958 a week for residential care and £1,250 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
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 Nightingale Care and Nursing Home

Nightingale Care and Nursing Home sits in Derby, offering families a dedicated nursing environment where residents can feel at home. The team here understands how important it is to find a place where your loved one is genuinely looked after, and the home aims to provide that sense of comfort and familiarity. For families in Derby and the surrounding area, it can be a meaningful option worth exploring when considering nursing care.

Nightingale Care and Nursing Home provides personal and nursing care to up to 59 people, including younger adults, older people, and those with dementia. At inspection, 34 people were using the service, which operates across two floors with communal lounges and dining areas on each level.

Inspectors found significant concerns with how the home managed risks and medicines. Risk assessments were not consistently thorough, leaving staff without adequate guidance to support people's known health conditions safely. Medicine management was unsafe, with poor record-keeping that made it unclear whether residents had received their prescribed medications as intended.

Source: CQC inspection report, 8 March 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 60 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · DE23 1RJ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 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 26 March 2024. Assessment date recorded: 23 January 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 26 March 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Nightingale care and nursing home is a nursing home registered to support up to 59 people. They support older people, including those living with dementia. At the time of the inspection there were 25 people living at the service. All service users were living on the top floor. This decision had been made with people and staff to support the deployment of staff. The service was last inspected on 7 November 2023, where we identified breaches of regulation in dignity and respect, good governance, person-centred care, safe care and treatment and staffing. This assessment commenced on 20 February 2024, with an on-site visit to the service. Off-site activity continued until 27 February 2024. At this assessment, we found that the provider had made improvements, and the service was no longer in breach of Regulation 10 (dignity and respect), Regulation 9 (person-centred care), Regulation 12 (safe care and treatment), Regulation 18(1), (2) (staffing). Whilst some improvements had been made, we found that governance systems had not always identified areas for improvement and sufficient action to mitigate risks had not always been taken. This was an ongoing breach of Regulation 17 (Good governance).

Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
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?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
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 Nightingale Care and 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 Nightingale Care and 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 Nightingale Care and 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 Nightingale Care and 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