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Care homes in Watford

There are 25 registered care homes in Watford, 4 of them registered for nursing. Between them they have 819 registered beds, an average of 33 a home. 19 have a CQC rating, and 42% of those are Good or Outstanding (1 Outstanding). 11 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Nursing homes in Watford 4Residential care homes in Watford 21Dementia care homes in Watford 13

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The homes

What Hertfordshire pays for a care home place

Residential care, over-65s, 2024-25
£922 a week£46 less than the middle council in England (£968), the 93rd highest of 152.
Nursing care, over-65s, 2024-25
£1,043 a week£42 less than the middle council in England (£1,085), the 90th highest of 151.

This is what the council spent, averaged over every placement it paid for, not a fee anyone is quoted. People paying for themselves are usually charged more: the Competition and Markets Authority found a 41% gap on average in 2017. Nursing figures exclude NHS-funded nursing care, which the NHS pays to the home on top. Source: Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report 2024-25. Every council compared