Houndswood House Care Home

Harper Lane, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 7HU

01923856819

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

6 July 2026

Provider

Ashray Holdings Limited

Beds

50 beds

About Houndswood House Care Home

Houndswood House is a 50-bed nursing care home located on Harper Lane in Radlett, Hertfordshire. The home provides care for older people, younger adults with physical disabilities, and individuals with dementia. As a nursing facility, it offers medical care alongside personal support services.

The home is operated by Ashray Holdings Limited. Its most recent CQC inspection in January 2026 rated it as Requires Improvement. This means the home did not meet the standards expected across all key areas of care quality, though specific details about areas of concern and strengths are available in the full CQC inspection report.

Radlett is a commuter town in Hertfordshire, positioned between London and the wider East of England region. The care home's mixed client base indicates it accepts residents with varying care needs and conditions.

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 50 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · WD7 7HU

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 1 August 2026. Assessment date recorded: 6 July 2026.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 1 August 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of inspection: 7 July to 20 July 2026. This inspection was unannounced.
Houndswood House is a care home providing accommodation and personal nursing care for 7 people some of whom were living with dementia. They are registered to provide care for up to 50 people.
At our last inspection, we rated this service as requires improvement (published 26 January 2026). There were breaches of regulations in relation to person-centred care, managing risk, staffing and good governance. Improvements were found at this assessment, and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
A review of feedback we had received from external agencies in relation to risks along with information we held about the service was completed. As a result, a decision was made to carry out a responsive inspection of the areas of safe and well led. At our last inspection, safe and well led were rated as requires improvement. At this inspection, both have improved to good. However, as we did not inspect the key questions of effective, caring and responsive, the overall rating of this service remains requires improvement.
The provider had made the decision to close the home prior to our inspection. At the time of our inspection only 7 people remained in the home and there were plans for them to move alternative accommodation.
The service was experiencing issues with their water supply. As a result, action had been taken by external agencies, and they were working with the provider to address this. This had been an ongoing issue since September 2025 and had not been resolved at the time of this report. Part of the reason for our inspection was to review the impact this had on people. People we spoke with were unphased by the need to use bowls for personal care and hair washing and felt the team managed it well. We found people’s personal care needs had been met.

Safe: Good
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
Responsive: Requires Improvement
Well-led: Good

Questions prompted by these ratings

Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Houndswood House Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Houndswood House Care Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Houndswood House Care Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Houndswood House Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

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