Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 months ago↓ Down from Good
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 environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome 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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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. ?
St Anthony's is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Anthony's is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 22-bed residential care home in Watford, run by R.M.D. Enterprises Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
Across Hertfordshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 92% of homes in Hertfordshire also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Amberside (Good), 0.1 km away. R.M.D. Enterprises Limited runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in July 2017, it was rated Good. Ratings in Hertfordshire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
