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Care home

Lancum House

Bush Close, Wellingborough, NN8 3GL · North Northamptonshire · East Midlands

43 beds · operated by Shaw Healthcare (de Montfort) Limited, part of Shaw Healthcare

CQC overall rating
Good24 Jun 2021rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Effective is Requires improvement (11 May 2019), and the rating is 5 years old.

Below Good on
EffectiveRequires improvement11 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
5 years old — published 24 Jun 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 6 of Shaw Healthcare (de Montfort) 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 questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jun 2021
EffectiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old11 May 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jun 2021
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 May 2019
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old24 Jun 2021

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 — 5 other locations

Other active services registered to Shaw Healthcare (de Montfort) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Abbott House - OundleGood16 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Ashfield House - RaundsGood12 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Sandalwood CourtGood1 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
ThorndaleGood15 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Victoria HouseGood20 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
17 Dec 2010
Beds
43
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-133856256

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.