SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Kingfisher Nursing Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 8 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kingfisher Nursing Home is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 22-bed nursing home in Cheshunt, run by Westgate Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Westgate Healthcare Limited runs 2 care homes, and all 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in November 2019. It was Outstanding for responsive and well-led as well. Safe, effective and caring were rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2017, was Good, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 53% of ratings in Hertfordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).