Melwood Grange
Desborow Lane, Royston, SG8 7FR · Hertfordshire · Unspecified
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and 5 of this operator's 19 rated homes are below Good — this one and 4 others.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 27 Mar 2026Well-ledRequires improvement, published 27 Mar 2026
- This operator's rated services
- Of Quantum Care Limited's 19 rated homes, 5 are below Good — this one and 4 others. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 73
- Registered with CQC
- 3 Oct 2024
- Run by
- Quantum Care Limited
- Part of
- Quantum Care Limited · 22 services
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.
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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Effective | Good | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Caring | Good | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Responsive | Good | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 27 Mar 2026 |
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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 21 other locations
Other active services registered to Quantum Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Anson Court | Good, published 19 May 2025 | Hertfordshire |
| Beane River View | Good, published 17 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Belmont View | Outstanding, published 9 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Courtland Lodge | Requires improvement, published 12 Aug 2026 | Hertfordshire |
| Dukeminster Court | Requires improvement, published 14 Dec 2023 | Central Bedfordshire |
| Elm View Care Home | Not yet rated | Hertfordshire |
| Fosse House | Good, published 14 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Garden City Court | Good, published 27 May 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Greenacres | Good, published 9 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Jubilee Court | Good, published 7 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Mantles Court | Good, published 19 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Central Bedfordshire |
| Mayfair Lodge | Good, published 5 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
…and 9 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 10 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- St George's Nursing Homeabout 0.9 miles · Royston · 24 bedsRequires improvement, published 15 Jan 2026
- Barley Manor Care Homeabout 9.1 miles · Cambridge · 63 bedsGood, published 9 Oct 2025
- The Cambridgeshire Care Homeabout 9.4 miles · Cambridge · 72 bedsGood, published 16 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Trembathsabout 9.6 miles · Letchworth Garden City · 51 bedsGood, published 7 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-19801308385
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.