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Sandwood Care HomeNottingham

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Rated:GoodResidential

Sandwood Care Home

700 Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 3FS

01159531123

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

4 June 2024

Provider

Abbeyfield Society (The)

Beds

31 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 67 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 3 are rated higher by CQC, 48 are the same and 16 are lower.

31 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

GoodDec 2015
Requires ImprovementNov 2017
Requires ImprovementDec 2018
Requires ImprovementJan 2020
GoodAug 2024

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2024. CQC has rated this home 5 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 Abbeyfield Society (The), which runs 13 care homes in England: 2 rated Outstanding and 11 Good.

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.

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 Sandwood Care Home

Sandwood Care Home is a residential care home in Nottingham, providing personal care and support for older people and people living with dementia. The findings from the most recent CQC assessment are set out below.

Sandwood Care Home provides personal care and support to older people and people living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, 24 people were being supported with their personal care needs.

The CQC rated the home Good overall, an improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. People said they felt safe and were supported by kind, caring staff who respected their dignity and encouraged independence. Residents and relatives spoke positively about food, activities and knowing who to raise concerns with, and relatives said they would recommend the home to others.

Source: CQC assessment, 30 August 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 without nursing
Registered capacity: 31 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · NG5 3FS

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: Good.

Assessment published 30 August 2024. Assessment date recorded: 4 June 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 30 August 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment 3 July 2024 to 23 July 2024. Sandwood is a ‘care home’ providing personal care and support to older people and people living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, the service was supporting 24 people with their personal care needs. Sandwood was last rated Requires Improvement (published 4 June 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 because we had seen improvements. We assessed a total of 20 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 previous assessment. This means the overall rating has changed from Requires Improvement to Good.

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

Read Sandwood 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 Sandwood 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 Sandwood 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 Sandwood 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