Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated this monthNew owner since May 2026
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant 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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Watford House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 40 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Watford House Care Home is a 40-bed residential care home in High Peak, Derbyshire, run by Priory CC147 Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
Tarry Hill, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Priory CC147 Limited has run the home since May 2026, when it changed owner. Across Derbyshire, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 93% of homes in Derbyshire also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in October 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in March 2024. That is more recent than most ratings in Derbyshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “infection prevention and control”, one of 9 standards out of 33 scored below good.
