The Old Vicarage
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The Old Vicarage is a care home located in Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, offering residential, dementia, and respite care services. The facility comprises…
- Care home
- The Old Vicarage
- Location
- Norwich Road, Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 5QA, Great Yarmouth, NR29 5QA
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 28 June 2023
- Beds
- 41
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01692 678346
- CQC location ID
- 1-125882171
Rated 3.1/5 from 10 Google reviews.
What families say
Families have mixed experiences with The Old Vicarage, with some praising the care and homely environment, while others raise concerns about the physical layout, safety, and quality of food. Some reviewers have reported difficulties with accessibility, incidents of resident aggression, and poor communication with…
What the CQC says
Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 20 March 2026.
Requires improvement — the service is not performing as well as it should and CQC has told it how to improve. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Inadequate — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Inadequate — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating fell from Good to Requires improvement (previously rated May 2019).
- Got worse: Safe (Good → Inadequate), Well-led (Good → Inadequate).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 10 September 2026.
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