SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 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 David's Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Ealing.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by GCH (ST Davids) LTD, St David's Care Home is a nursing home in London, Ealing with 76 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Ealing, where the typical home has 29 beds.
Across Ealing, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. 63% of homes in Ealing also score 5. About 0.5 km away, Chestnut Lodge is rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Good. The typical rating in Ealing is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 18 fell below good. The lowest was “person-centred care” (significant shortfalls).
