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. ?
The Albany Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Oxfordshire.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Albany Care Home is a 38-bed nursing home in Oxford, Oxfordshire, run by Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in August 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Well-led was also Requires improvement. For safe, effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from August 2022. Ratings in Oxfordshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most.
14 other homes in Oxfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Oxfordshire. 4 of Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is St Luke's Hospital - Oxford (Good), 0.3 km away.
