Handford House Care Home
27a Cumberland Street, Ipswich, IP1 3PA · Suffolk · East of England
52 beds · operated by Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited, part of Healthcare Homes
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (4 Aug 2025).
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement4 Aug 2025
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 13 of Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Effective | Good | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 4 Aug 2025 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 12 other locations
Other active services registered to Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Court | Good6 May 2026 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Ashley Gardens Care Centre | Good23 May 2024 | Kent |
| Avon Lodge Care Home | Good5 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs old | South Gloucestershire |
| Bedhampton Nursing Home and Specialist Care Unit | Good13 May 2024 | Hampshire |
| Blandford Grange Care Home | Good2 Oct 2025 | Dorset |
| Cedar Court Care Home | Good6 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Oxfordshire |
| Foxearth Lodge Nursing Home | Good25 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Kingsley Court Care Home | Good6 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Hillingdon |
| Sandown Park Care Home | Outstanding4 Mar 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Sovereign Lodge Care Centre | Good19 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | East Sussex |
| Tenchley Manor Nursing Home | Good27 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| The Chase Care Centre | Good9 Sep 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 28 Mar 2014
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- On CQC’s site
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Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.