Requires improvementSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since September 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Inadequate
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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 home changed owner in September 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
York House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
York House is a 13-bed residential care home in Watford, Hertfordshire, run by Dunne Trading Limited. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2024. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe as Inadequate. That is down from Good in July 2016. That is more recent than most ratings in Hertfordshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
Elton House Care Home, 2.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 49 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The home changed owner in September 2025.
