CQC report explained · a residential care home
What the CQC found at Sewells
Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.
- Safe?
- Good
- Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
- Effective?
- Good
- Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
- Caring?
- No published rating
- Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
- Responsive?
- No published rating
- Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
- Well-led?
- Requires improvement
- Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
We have not explained this report yet
The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Sewells.
Every inspection of Sewells
2 rated inspections over a year: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Good.
- March 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from InadequateSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: No published ratingResponsive: No published ratingWell-led: Requires improvement
- October 2022InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
- March 2026
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 4 March 2026.
Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.
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At least 100 live-in carers within about an hour of Hertfordshire
These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.
Most charge £980 to £1,300 a week. 82 can care for a couple. 12 years' experience on average.
“She handled the new situation in front of her with such professionalism and I felt I could trust her 100%.”
“She was v competent and confident and we felt our mum was safe in her care. She supported us through a difficult time.”
Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.