St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road

St Mungo's, 2 Hilldrop Road, London, N7 0JE

02077006402

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

6 May 2025

Provider

St Mungo Community Housing Association

Beds

29 beds

About St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road

St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road is a residential care home in Islington, providing accommodation and support for people with mental health needs and needs linked to alcohol misuse. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

2 Hilldrop Road is a St Mungo's Broadway care home providing accommodation for up to 29 people with mental health needs and needs linked to alcohol misuse. The home is currently rated Good overall, reflecting positive findings around caring, effective and well-led support for residents.

However, this assessment found continuing concerns about medicines management, leading to a breach of regulations around safe care and treatment. This followed a similar issue identified at the previous inspection. The provider has told the CQC what action it plans to take to address these ongoing concerns.

Source: CQC assessment, 20 January 2026

Specialist Care

Mental healthOlder 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.

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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 without nursing
Registered capacity: 29 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · N7 0JE

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Mental health conditions; Substance misuse problems.

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: Good.

Assessment published 20 January 2026. Assessment date recorded: 6 May 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 20 January 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 15 July 2025.
St Mungo's Broadway – 2 Hilldrop Road is a care home which is registered to accommodate a maximum of 29 people with mental health needs and needs associated with alcohol misuse.
The service was last assessed in January 2024 and was rated good. At that assessment we found a breach of Regulation 12 in relation to the way the provider was managing people’s medicines.
This responsive assessment was planned to look at whether the provider had made improvements and was managing medicines safely. We found continuing concerns around the management of people's medicines and a breach of regulation in relation to safe care and treatment. Following the assessment the provider told us about the actions they intend to take as a result of our feedback to improve the management of medicines.
We will ask the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?

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

Read St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road'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 St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road, consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road, look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund St Mungo's Broadway - 2 Hilldrop Road'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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