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Care home

Queensway House

Jupiter Drive, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 5NP · Hertfordshire · East of England

80 beds · operated by GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd, part of Gold Care Homes

CQC overall rating
Good2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (2 Dec 2021), and the rating is 4 years old.

Below Good on
Well-ledRequires improvement2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
4 years old — published 2 Dec 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 5 of GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd'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 old2 Dec 2021
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Jan 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Jan 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old11 Jan 2019
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old2 Dec 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 — 4 other locations

Other active services registered to GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Autumn Vale Care CentreGood14 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire
Halcyon DaysGood9 Jun 2026Hertfordshire
Heath LodgeGood30 Mar 2026Hertfordshire
Martins HouseGood19 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
8 May 2017
Beds
80
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-3614318020

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.