SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Cheriton Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Cheriton (Amersham) Ltd runs Cheriton Care Home, a residential care home in Amersham, Buckinghamshire with room for 27 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring was rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in March 2023. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 21 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
Pratt House, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire.
