SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Brunswick Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Brunswick Court Care Home
Brunswick Court Care Home is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 90-bed nursing home in Watford, run by Bupa Care Homes (AKW) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
In May 2022, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from October 2020.
49 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. Bupa Care Homes (AKW) Limited runs 9 care homes, and 7 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 0.3 km away, Tremona Care Home is rated Outstanding.
