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?Good
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Symonds House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities is in the Good tier ?, with 121 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Symonds House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities at a glance
Symonds House - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities is one of 246 care homes in Hertfordshire: a 20-bed nursing home in Hitchin, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.
Its CQC rating, from February 2020, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in August 2017, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Hertfordshire, 53% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 19 of Leonard Cheshire Disability’s 34 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 121 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Good”.
