Nursing home · Hertfordshire

Lavender Fields - Care Home with Nursing

No 1 Lavender Fields, Lucas Lane, Hitchin, SG5 2JB

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
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Lavender Fields - Care Home with Nursing is a nursing home in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. It is registered for up to 10 residents and supports older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.

Its latest CQC rating, published March 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for safe, caring and responsive. For comparison, 77% of care homes in Hertfordshire are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 26 March 2022 Rated 4 years ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Hertfordshire

Lavender Fields - Care Home with Nursing is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 47 other homes in Hertfordshire. Of the 216 rated care homes here, 77% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 9 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (5%)
  • Good 121 (49%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 24 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 48 (20%)
  • Inadequate 2 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 29 (12%)

Half of Hertfordshire's ratings are more than 6.6 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Leonard Cheshire Disability runs 34 care homes registered with CQC: 1 Outstanding, 20 Good, 13 Requires improvement.

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