Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since April 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in April 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Hungerford Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in West Berkshire.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
GCH (Alder) Ltd runs Hungerford Care Home, a nursing home in Hungerford, West Berkshire with room for 59 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in West Berkshire, where the typical home has 8 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in November 2017. The typical rating in West Berkshire is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Downview Residential Home (Good), 3.0 km away. 4 of GCH (Alder) Ltd’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In West Berkshire, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in West Berkshire. The home changed owner in April 2025.
