Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 months ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since June 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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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?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Waythrough runs Meridan House, a residential care home in London, Barnet with room for 12 residents. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Barnet has 30 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from July 2025. In Barnet, 79% of homes score 5. 7 other homes in Barnet share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Meera House Nursing Home (Good), 0.8 km away. Waythrough has run the home since June 2024, when it changed owner. Waythrough runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Barnet, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 13 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
