SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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
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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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Wisden Court is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Runwood Homes Limited runs Wisden Court, a residential care home in Stevenage, Hertfordshire with room for 54 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Hertfordshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2024. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Hertfordshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 5 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Runwood Homes Limited runs 55 care homes, and 46 of the 55 rated are Good or Outstanding.
