Residential care home · Hertfordshire

Chiswell Residential Home

193 Watford Road, Chiswell Green, St Albans, AL2 3HH

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 6 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 7 December 2019 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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?Good

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2017GoodSECRW
  • March 2016Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Hertfordshire

Chiswell Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 121 other homes in Hertfordshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 9 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (5%)
  • Good 122 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 23 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 50 (20%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 29 (12%)

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Chiswell Residential Home in brief

Mrs S Dewing runs Chiswell Residential Home, a residential care home in St Albans, Hertfordshire with room for 6 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

About 1.5 km away, Tenterden House Care Home is rated Outstanding. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in December 2019. Its rating before that, in May 2017, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 53% of homes in Hertfordshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.