Residential care home · Buckinghamshire

White Hill House Residential Care Home

128 White Hill, Chesham, HP5 1AR

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 month ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 14 September 2026 Rated 1 month ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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: 32 good, 1 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2020Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2017GoodSECRW
  • September 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Buckinghamshire

White Hill House Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 62 other homes in Buckinghamshire. 73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 63 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (24%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (8%)

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What the data says about White Hill House Residential Care Home

Run by Mrs Anita Larkin, White Hill House Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Chesham, Buckinghamshire with 10 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in September 2026. Before that, in March 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “safe environments”.

CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2024. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. 62 other homes in Buckinghamshire share its tier, “Good”. Birchwood, 1.3 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.