Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
Rating from February 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- North Walsham, NR28 0NB
- 20 beds
The Shires
The Shires is a care home in North Walsham, run by Independence with Care Ltd. CQC rated it Good overall in April 2019 (last checked 26 April 2019). It has 7 beds. It is registered to support older people, people with a learning disability or autism and younger adults.
- Care home without nursing
Bacton Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0RA
What CQC says
Overall rating
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
The same as the rating before it (Good, 30 July 2016).
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 26 April 2019.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)Is it effective?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)Is it caring?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 7 years ago (26 April 2019)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from April 2019. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Good30 July 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Older people, Learning disability or autism, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 7
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 10 January 2011
- Local council area
- Norfolk
Who runs it
- Provider
- Independence with Care Ltd
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation