Monread Lodge

London Road, Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6HG

01438817466

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

4 January 2024

Provider

Monread Lodge Nursing Home Limited

Beds

62 beds

About Monread Lodge

Monread Lodge is a nursing care home in Hertfordshire, offering round-the-clock support in a setting that families can feel comfortable visiting and calling a second home. The team there understands how significant the decision to move into a care home can be, and they work to make both residents and their loved ones feel genuinely welcome from the very first step through the door.

Monread Lodge provides accommodation and personal and nursing care to 54 people, with capacity for up to 62. The home has experienced a high number of skin tears among residents, both explained and unexplained, despite additional staff training and appropriate reporting. Pressure care management remains inconsistent, with mattresses not always set correctly and repositioning sometimes missed.

Staff have received training in dementia care and are generally kind and attentive, though people living with dementia are not always supported swiftly or in ways that effectively reduce the risk of distressed behaviours. The home continues to work on improving these areas of practice to ensure safer and more consistent care for all residents.

Source: CQC inspection report, 20 February 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 62 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SG3 6HG

Registered care categories

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

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.

Rating report published 20 February 2024. Latest inspection date recorded: 4 January 2024.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Good
CaringPublished 19 December 2018: Good
ResponsivePublished 19 December 2018: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

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

Read Monread Lodge'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 Monread Lodge, 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 Monread Lodge, 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 Monread Lodge'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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees