SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Nazareth House - East Finchley is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Barnet.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Nazareth House - East Finchley is one of 71 care homes in Barnet: a 84-bed residential care home in London, run by Nazareth Care Charitable Trust. It is registered to care for older people. That is larger than most homes in Barnet, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in January 2023. Ratings in Barnet are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 11 standards out of 33 scored below good.
It is one of 9 homes run by Nazareth Care Charitable Trust. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Two Rivers, 1.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In Barnet, 88% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in November 2025. 79% of homes in Barnet score the top mark of 5.
