SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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. ?
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. ?
Lavender Fields - Care Home with Nursing is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lavender Fields - Care Home with Nursing is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 10-bed nursing home in Hitchin, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Hertfordshire has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in March 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in November 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
