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Nursing home · Cambridgeshire

Primrose Hill Care Home

Thames Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1QW

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good
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CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 6 October 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • 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
  • August 2019GoodSECRW
  • September 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2017GoodSECRW
  • January 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Cambridgeshire

Primrose Hill Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Cambridgeshire. 92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 9 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (5%)
  • Good 90 (68%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 10 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (5%)

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Primrose Hill Care Home at a glance

Primrose Hill Care Home is one of 132 care homes in Cambridgeshire: a 60-bed nursing home in Huntingdon, run by Abbey Healthcare (Huntingdon) Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Cambridgeshire has 35 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

CQC last rated the home in October 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in August 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Cambridgeshire, where the typical rating is about 7 years old.

About 0.4 km away, The Chase Care Home is rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire. 9 other homes in Cambridgeshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.