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
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Russell House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Russell House is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 20-bed residential care home in Gerrards Cross, run by Epilepsy Society. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.
CQC last rated the home in November 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in October 2019. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Micholl's House (Good), 0.0 km away. 5 of Epilepsy Society’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire.
