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River Court Care Home

Explorer Drive, Watford, WD18 6TQ

Requires improvementpublished 6 August 2022, 4 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Requires improvement
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

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

The story over the years

Every inspection of River Court Care Home

4 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. August 2022Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  2. December 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. March 2020Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. October 2019Inadequatedown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate
  5. October 2017Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
  6. June 2026

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 1 June 2026.

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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