Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
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. ?
Catherine Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Community Health Services Limited, Catherine Court is a nursing home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire with 60 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Buckinghamshire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2021, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in November 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 54% of ratings in Buckinghamshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Whincup Care Limited, 1.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 5 homes run by Community Health Services Limited. 4 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
