SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Field Farm House Residential 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%).
What the data says about Field Farm House Residential Home
Field Farm House Residential Home is a 69-bed residential care home in Hereford, Herefordshire, County of, run by Advent Estates Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Herefordshire, County of, where the typical home has 21 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in February 2020. The typical rating in Herefordshire, County of is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 6 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Sophie House (Good), 0.7 km away. In Herefordshire, County of, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Herefordshire, County of.
