Nursing home · Buckinghamshire

Hamilton House Care Home

West Street, Buckingham, MK18 1HL

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 20 October 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • 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: 25 good, 8 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2023GoodSECRW
  • April 2022InadequateSECRW
  • September 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • February 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2016Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • April 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Buckinghamshire

Hamilton House 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%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 63 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (24%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (8%)

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  • Old Barn Close
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Other homes run by Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd

13 care homes in total: 9 Good, 4 Requires improvement.

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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • South Bebside Care Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • South Park Care Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • South Quay Care Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago

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Hamilton House Care Home in brief

Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd runs Hamilton House Care Home, a nursing home in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire with room for 46 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Buckinghamshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

Clarendon House Care Home, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 9 of Roseberry Care Centres (England) Ltd’s 13 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.

CQC's latest rating, from October 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in March 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Buckinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 6 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.