Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: GoodRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?50%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?46%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Run by R G Care Ltd, The Farmhouse is a residential care home in Hornchurch, Havering with 7 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Havering has 23 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for caring and responsive as well. For safe, effective and well-led, the rating was Good. That is up from Inadequate in December 2023. The typical rating in Havering is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (significant shortfalls).
3 of R G Care Ltd’s 5 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The Paddocks, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Havering. Across Havering, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
