The Albany Care Home
7 London Road, Oxford, OX3 7SN · Oxfordshire · South East
38 beds · operated by Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited, part of Healthcare Homes
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 6 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement25 Aug 2023
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 25 Aug 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 6 of Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. 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 | 25 Aug 2023 |
| Effective | Good | 25 Aug 2023 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 25 Aug 2023 |
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 Healthcare Homes (Spring) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Care Home | Requires improvement4 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Kingsmead Care Home | Good27 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Swindon |
| Ladymead Care Home | Good3 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Swindon |
| Oaktree Care Home | Good27 Nov 2024 | South Gloucestershire |
| Romford Grange Care Home | Good14 Oct 2023 | Havering |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 31 Jul 2020
- Beds
- 38
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-8821030798
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.