SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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. ?
Sovereign (George Potter) Limited runs George Potter House, a nursing home in London, Wandsworth with room for 69 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Wandsworth are smaller: the median there is 46 beds.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in April 2025. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in December 2023. The typical rating in Wandsworth is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 2 (improvement necessary), from January 2026. 86% of homes in Wandsworth score the top mark of 5. 14 other homes in Wandsworth share its tier, “Good”.
