Risby Park Nursing Home

Hall Lane, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RS

01284811921

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

28 May 2025

Provider

The Partnership In Care Limited

Beds

54 beds

About Risby Park Nursing Home

Risby Park Nursing Home is a nursing home in Suffolk, providing care for older people, including those living with dementia. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Risby Park Nursing Home provides accommodation, nursing and personal care for up to 54 older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC rated the service outstanding overall, finding exceptional, compassionate care with staff who built genuine, trusting relationships with people and their families. Care was highly personalised, activities were tailored to individual needs, and leaders were committed to innovation and partnership working.

Inspectors found staff well trained and supported, with effective governance in most areas. However, improvement was needed in the management, auditing and oversight of medicines, and a new electronic recording system required refinement to ensure timely, up to date records.

Source: CQC assessment, 25 September 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder 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.

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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; Rehabilitation services
Registered capacity: 54 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · IP28 6RS

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; 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: Outstanding.

Assessment published 25 September 2025. Assessment date recorded: 28 May 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 25 September 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment:26 June to 2 July 2025
Risby Park Nursing Home is a nursing home providing accommodation, nursing and personal care for up to 54 older people, some of whom living with dementia and/or have nursing needs.
Risby Park Nursing Home continued to provide outstanding caring practice to people, and their loved ones. People were treated with kindness, compassion and involved as partners in their care. Staff demonstrated empathy and understanding of people living with dementia. People were given privacy and treated with dignity.
Improvement was needed in the management, auditing and oversight of medicines.
A new electronic system for recording daily support provided to people was in need of improvement to ensure up to date, timely records were maintained.
Leaders demonstrated their commitment and openness to improvement and innovation. There was a proactive approach to partnership working to ensure people living in the service were safe and had opportunities to do things they enjoyed doing. We found people were receiving effective, person-centred care from a caring and compassionate staff team. We found staff were well-trained and felt supported in their role by leaders. We found the provider had established effective governance systems and processes to meet people’s needs safely, as well as to check the quality of care and continually make improvements.
Care plans were personalised, considering people’s communication, personal and health needs. Staff supported people in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests. Where people did not have the mental capacity to give consent to care and treatment, staff involved those important to people in making decisions in their best interests.
Activities were tailored to suit the needs of people, including one to one support to people cared for in bed and isolated in their rooms.
Staff and leaders used innovative technology, best practice guidance and evidence-based tools to meet people’s needs and ensure their comfort.

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

Read Risby Park Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

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5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Risby Park 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 Risby Park 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 Risby Park 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