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Oak Cottage

4 Wilkins Green Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9RT · Hertfordshire · East of England

25 beds · operated by Oak Cottage Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Inadequate6 Feb 2026

Diligence verdict

Rated Inadequate overall.

Below Good on
SafeInadequate6 Feb 2026
EffectiveRequires improvement6 Feb 2026
Well-ledInadequate6 Feb 2026

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeInadequate6 Feb 2026
EffectiveRequires improvement6 Feb 2026
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Apr 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Apr 2019
Well-ledInadequate6 Feb 2026

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

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
28 Oct 2011
Beds
25
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-326970391

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.