SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 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. ?
Meadow Acres is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited runs Meadow Acres, a residential care home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire with room for 8 residents. CQC registers it to look after 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.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2025. 92% of homes in Hertfordshire also score 5. 49 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Willow Court (Good), 0.9 km away. Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited runs 24 care homes, and 22 of the 24 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective as Good. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Hertfordshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 18 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
