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CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Methodist Homes
The Meadow
Meadow Drive, Muswell Hill, London, N10 1PL
Goodpublished 19 February 2026, 6 months ago
Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.
The latest report, explained
What inspectors found, February 2024
The Meadow was rated Good; inspectors found safe, kind and highly personalised care, with a focused inspection covering three areas.
Inspectors visited unannounced on 30 October 2023. They spoke with people, relatives and staff, observed activities and lunch, and checked care plans, medicines records, recruitment files and management records.
The home was rated Good for Safe, Responsive and Well-led. People and relatives said they felt safe. Inspectors found safe staffing and medicines systems, personalised care, meaningful activities, good end-of-life support and effective management checks.
This was a focused inspection. Effective and Caring were not inspected during this visit. The overall Good rating used the previous ratings for the questions that were not inspected. The last inspection was published in October 2017 and the overall rating was also Good.
What inspectors praised
People felt safe
People and relatives told inspectors they felt safe. Staff understood safeguarding and how to report concerns.
“People and relatives told us the home was safe.” from the report
Personalised activities
The home offered varied activities linked to people's interests, wellbeing and relationships. These included exercise, music, reminiscence, creative activities and links with local groups.
“The service was very responsive to people's needs. People were at the heart of everything they did.” from the report
End-of-life support
Care plans recorded people's wishes in detail. Staff worked with hospice and palliative care services and helped people receive dignified, personal support at the end of life.
“People were supported at the end of their life to have a comfortable, dignified and pain free death.” from the report
Strong management checks
Management had regular audits and followed up issues. Inspectors found a culture of learning and improvement.
“The provider had a clear management structure that monitored the quality of care to drive improvements in service delivery.” from the report
What inspectors were concerned about
Not everyone had been asked for their views
minorMost people and relatives said they were involved, but some people said they had not been given the opportunity to give their views. Inspectors also saw evidence of a survey with positive overall results.
“Some people told us they had not been given the opportunity to give their views.” from the report
Questions to ask them, based on this report
- 01How will you make sure my relative and our family are given regular opportunities to give feedback?
- 02Which of my relative's interests, preferences and communication needs would be recorded in their care plan?
- 03What activities would be suitable for my relative, especially if they are living with dementia?
- 04How would you record and follow my relative's end-of-life wishes?
- 05How would you explain which care areas were not assessed during the latest focused inspection?
This was an unannounced focused inspection of Safe, Responsive and Well-led; Effective and Caring were not inspected and their previous ratings were used to calculate the overall rating. This explanation was written from the published report of 8 February 2024 by an AI system and checked against the report text: every quoted line appears in the report. It is a guide to the report, not a substitute for it. Read the full report on cqc.org.uk.
The story over the years
Every inspection of The Meadow
4 rated inspections over 9 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.
- February 2024Goodcurrent ratingstayed GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- October 2017Goodstayed GoodSafe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- December 2015Goodup from Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- February 2015Requires improvementSafe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
- June 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- December 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
- February 2012
Report published without a new overall rating.
- December 2010
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 December 2010.
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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