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Nursing home · Hertfordshire

Oakview Lodge

Princes Avenue, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4DT

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good
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CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 12 July 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • January 2019GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Hertfordshire

Oakview Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 9 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (5%)
  • Good 122 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 23 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 50 (20%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 29 (12%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Jubilee House Care Trust - 29 Jonquil Close
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL7 3HX · Residential care home · 6 beds1.2 km
    Good SECRW Rated 6 years ago
  • St Michaels House
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL7 3SF · Residential care home · 12 beds1.4 km
    Good SECRW Rated 5 years ago
  • Welwyn Grange
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL7 3EG · Nursing home · 104 beds1.9 km
    Not yet rated SECRW
  • The Meadows Short Break Centre
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL7 2BE · Residential care home · 4 beds2.2 km
    Good SECRW Rated 8 years ago
  • Anson Court
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL7 2FF · Nursing home · 75 beds2.5 km
    Good SECRW Rated 1 year ago
  • Stanborough Lodge
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · AL8 7TD · Residential care home · 25 beds2.5 km
    Good SECRW Rated 7 years ago

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Other homes run by Country Court Care Homes 7 OpCo Limited

3 care homes in total: 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Ferrars Hall Care Home
    Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · PE29 3AA · Residential care home · 66 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 4 years ago
  • Lakeview Lodge Care Home
    Milton Keynes · MK3 5QU · Residential care home · 66 beds
    Good SECRW Rated 4 years ago

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Oakview Lodge in brief

Oakview Lodge is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 70-bed nursing home in Welwyn Garden City, run by Country Court Care Homes 7 OpCo Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2025. 92% of homes in Hertfordshire also score 5. 49 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Country Court Care Homes 7 OpCo Limited runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Jubilee House Care Trust - 29 Jonquil Close (Good), 1.2 km away.

CQC's latest rating, from July 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in January 2019, it was rated Good.