SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Salt Hill Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Slough.
57% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Windsar Care Limited, Salt Hill Care Centre is a nursing home in Slough with 53 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Slough, where the typical home has 16 beds.
About 0.2 km away, Windsor Care Centre is rated Good. It is one of 3 homes run by Windsar Care Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. In Slough, 57% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. 75% of homes in Slough also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in April 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2023. Ratings in Slough are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 7 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe and effective staffing”.
