Care home · Nottingham
Hucknall
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- Lancaster Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6WG
- Run by
- Heathcotes Care Limited (53 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 8 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- June 2016 (10 years)
- Part of
- Ivolve Group Limited
- Registered manager
- Louise Anne Duffield
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05232834)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Dec 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-2496594519
About Hucknall
Hucknall in Nottingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Heathcotes Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (January 2020). It is one of 22 CQC-registered care homes in and around Hucknall; 16 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in June 2016, it has 10 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Inspected but not rated.
The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 5 December 2020.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
Past CQC ratings
- Jul 2017
- Jun 2019
- Jan 2020
- Dec 2020
- Today Rating 6 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 3 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 7 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 12 July 2017
Map and area details
- Ward
- Hucknall West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NG15 (18)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Torkard Hill Medical Centre, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
- Pharmacy Nabbs Lane Pharmacy, 980 m (12 min walk)
- Shop Robin Hood Store, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Park 100 m (1 min walk)
- Café The Flying Pan, 350 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship St Peter & St Paul's Church, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Library Edgewood Library, 380 m (5 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe203 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Effective213 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Caring224 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Responsive218 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Well-led185 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 3 January 2020. Under each rating: how many care homes in Nottinghamshire share it.
What it may cost
We estimate Hucknall at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Nottinghamshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
What the ratings tell you
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 184 of the 253 other care homes in Nottinghamshire that CQC has rated.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Moorgreen, under 0.5 miles away.
18 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hucknall West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a park (1 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What inspectors found
- The care was provided across two homes; Hucknall and Watnall.
- Although the service was very clean, we signposted the registered manager to guidance around specific cleaning products to use during an outbreak.
- Staff who may be disproportionately at risk of COVID-19 did not all have risk assessments in place.
- The provider worked with people using the service to help them understand the pandemic and the extra measures in place.
Inspected 20 November 2020; report published 5 December 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ownership and company checks
Hucknall is run by Heathcotes Care Limited (company 05232834), incorporated in 2004, 11 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Heathcotes Care Limited runs 53 CQC-registered services across 27 council areas; 45 of the 52 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (87%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
7 of its services are in Nottinghamshire.
It trades under the Ivolve Group Limited brand, which covers 69 services run by 6 registered providers.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Nottinghamshire, 84% of the 254 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 24 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2020) is more recent than 24% of care home ratings in Nottinghamshire.
- With 8 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Nottinghamshire, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 45% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Nottinghamshire lists 4.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Nottinghamshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Hucknall
- Is Hucknall rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Hucknall: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are Hucknall's fees?
- Hucknall's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Which provider runs Hucknall?
- CQC lists Heathcotes Care Limited as the provider responsible for Hucknall.
- How many beds does Hucknall have?
- CQC registers Hucknall for 8 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- When was Hucknall last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 3 January 2020, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Hucknall registered for dementia care?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- Is Hucknall registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-2496594519 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in January 2020.
- Where is Hucknall?
- It is at Lancaster Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6WG.
- What kind of care can Hucknall offer?
- Hucknall is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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