SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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
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. ?
St Andrews Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Andrews Care Home is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 70-bed residential care home in Welwyn Garden City, run by Colleycare Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Hertfordshire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
22 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 4 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 14 of Colleycare Limited’s 19 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2021. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in February 2021, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 53% of homes in Hertfordshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
