SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
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
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
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. ?
Options The Old Vicarage is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in Hillingdon.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Options The Old Vicarage is a 8-bed residential care home in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, run by OA2 Adults Limited. It is registered to care for younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Hillingdon, where the median is 30 beds.
Simone's House, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. OA2 Adults Limited runs 13 care homes, and 5 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Hillingdon, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe and effective were rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Hillingdon, where the typical rating is about 2 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
