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Care home

The Meadows Short Break Centre

19-21 Grove Meadow, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2BE · Hertfordshire · East of England

4 beds · operated by The Jubilee House Care Trust Limited

CQC overall rating
Good22 Dec 2017rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 8 years old.

Age of rating
8 years old — published 22 Dec 2017. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 3 of The Jubilee House Care Trust Limited's rated homes are Good or better.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Who this service supports

The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.

What it provides

Care home without nursing

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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Dec 2017
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Dec 2017
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Dec 2017
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Dec 2017
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Dec 2017

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 2 other locations

Other active services registered to The Jubilee House Care Trust Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Jubilee Domiciliary Care AgencyGood5 Oct 2023Hertfordshire
Jubilee House Care Trust - 29 Jonquil CloseGood18 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
14 Jan 2011
Beds
4
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-112258276

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.