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Dorrington House (Dereham)

28 Quebec Road, Dereham, NR19 2DR · Norfolk · East of England

45 beds · operated by Dorrington House

CQC overall rating
Good24 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Responsive is Requires improvement (24 Jan 2019), the rating is 7 years old, and 2 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
ResponsiveRequires improvement24 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
7 years old — published 24 Jan 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 3 of Dorrington House's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jan 2019
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jan 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jan 2019
ResponsiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old24 Jan 2019
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jan 2019

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 2 other locations

Other active services registered to Dorrington House. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Dorrington House (Watton)Requires improvement20 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldNorfolk
Dorrington House (Wells)Requires improvement27 Jan 2021rating 3+ yrs oldNorfolk

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
4 Jan 2011
Beds
45
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-116723378

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.