SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to 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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 27 good, 6 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 Catherines Nursing Home is in the Good tier ?, with 121 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Grovewell Estates Limited, St Catherines Nursing Home is a nursing home in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire with 39 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
Its CQC rating, from July 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in February 2019, was the same. The typical rating in Hertfordshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “delivering evidence-based care and treatment”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
