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Houndswood House Care Home

Harper Lane, Radlett, WD7 7HU

Requires improvementpublished 26 January 2026, 7 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Houndswood House Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Houndswood House Care Home

6 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. October 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. January 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. April 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. January 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. December 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. June 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 June 2024.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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