Nursing home · Herefordshire, County of

Charles Court Care Home

Charles Court Care Home, The Ploughman, Hereford, HR2 6GG

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago New owner since May 2025

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 1 March 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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

The home changed owner in May 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • November 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • October 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • September 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • March 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • April 2016Inspected, no new rating
  • October 2015GoodSECRW previous owner
  • October 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Herefordshire, County of

Charles Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in Herefordshire, County of. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 6 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 57 (67%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 12 (14%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

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Charles Court Care Home at a glance

WYE VALLEY CARE LIMITED runs Charles Court Care Home, a nursing home in Hereford, Herefordshire, County of with room for 76 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Herefordshire, County of are smaller: the median there is 21 beds.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That matches its previous rating, from March 2020.

About 1.8 km away, National Star at Ledbury Road is rated Good. The home changed owner in May 2025. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Herefordshire, County of. In Herefordshire, County of, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).