SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Friars Mead is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Abbeyfield Hertfordshire Residential Care Society Limited, Friars Mead is a residential care home in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire with 27 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people.
CQC last rated the home in June 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in February 2020, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Hertfordshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. About 0.5 km away, St Lauras is rated Good.
