Forest Healthcare: 13 CQC-Rated Care Homes Compared (Oct 2026)

Ratings across Forest Healthcare's services

Question	Rated Requires improvement	Rated Good	Rated Outstanding
All services	2	8	3
Safe	2	11	0
Effective	0	11	2
Caring	1	9	3
Responsive	0	10	3
Well-led	1	9	3

Each service counted once, by its most recent CQC rating; registered with CQC since November 2010; 826 care home beds in total.

Registered providers in this brand: Ash Court Community Limited, Diomark Care Limited, Blackberry Hill Limited, Aspen Village Limited, Grace Manor Care Limited, Hassingham Limited, Forest Health Care Limited, Tamehaven Limited, Cedar Gardens Care Ltd, Bonneycourt Limited, Phoenix Healthcare Limited, Calvercare Limited.

Where Forest Healthcare operates and how it compares

Home sizes vary from 35 beds (Woodlands Park Care Centre) to 178 (Forest Care Village Elstree and Borehamwood). In total, 13 homes provide 826 beds, 64 on average.

Most recently, on 3 August 2026, St Anne's Nursing Home was rated Good. That is one of 2 new ratings for the group in 12 months, with 1 up, 0 down and 0 first-time.

Council areas covered: 12, with the largest numbers in Islington (2), Camden (1) and Essex (1).

23% of Forest Healthcare's rated services are Outstanding, compared with 5% for the same mix of services across England. 15% are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate (2 services), against 17% nationally.

South East is where Forest Healthcare has the most services. The regional split is South East (6 care homes), London (4 care homes) and East (3 care homes).

Its longest-registered service is Ash Court Care Centre - Camden in Camden, registered with CQC in November 2010. The newest is St Anne's Nursing Home in Islington, registered in December 2014.

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Local comparison for every service

Ratings shown next to the local picture: all services of the same kind in that council.

Location	Current rating	Council	Good/Outstanding in the area	Recency vs area
Ash Court Care Centre - Camden	Good	Camden	91% of 11	91% locally
Belmont Lodge Care Centre	Good	Essex	84% of 368	46% locally
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre	Outstanding	Islington	100% of 15	67% locally
Forest Care Village Elstree and Borehamwood	Requires improvement	Hertfordshire	76% of 220	79% locally
Grace Manor Care Centre	Good	Medway	70% of 60	52% locally
Hassingham House Care Centre	Outstanding	Norfolk	66% of 294	17% locally
Pinehurst Care Centre	Good	Bracknell Forest	73% of 15	40% locally
Poplars Care Centre	Good	Kent	79% of 464	71% locally
St Anne's Nursing Home	Good	Islington	100% of 15	93% locally
The Cedar Gardens Care Limited	Good	Barnet	87% of 76	13% locally
The Grange Care Centre	Outstanding	Oxfordshire	87% of 127	19% locally
Warren Lodge Care Centre	Good	Wokingham	93% of 43	67% locally
Woodlands Park Care Centre	Requires improvement	Buckinghamshire	74% of 120	78% locally

Care homes: Forest Healthcare

East (3)

Service	Town and council	Latest rating	Registered beds
Belmont Lodge Care Centre	Chigwell, Essex	Good Rated Jul 2021	46
Forest Care Village Elstree and Borehamwood	Borehamwood, Hertfordshire	Requires improvement Rated Jun 2024	178
Hassingham House Care Centre	Norwich, Norfolk	Outstanding Rated Apr 2019	46

London (4)

Service	Town and council	Latest rating	Registered beds
Ash Court Care Centre - Camden	Camden	Good Rated Jun 2026Inspected recently	62
Bridgeside Lodge Care Centre	Islington	Outstanding Rated Oct 2023	64
St Anne's Nursing Home	Islington	Good Rated Aug 2026Inspected recently	65
The Cedar Gardens Care Limited	New Barnet, Barnet	Good Rated Jun 2019	45

South East (6)

Service	Town and council	Latest rating	Registered beds
Grace Manor Care Centre	Gillingham, Medway	Good Rated Jul 2023	60
Pinehurst Care Centre	Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest	Good Rated Apr 2020	50
Poplars Care Centre	Maidstone, Kent	Good Rated Aug 2024	71
The Grange Care Centre	Faringdon, Oxfordshire	Outstanding Rated Dec 2018	49
Warren Lodge Care Centre	Finchampstead, Wokingham	Good Rated Jul 2021	55
Woodlands Park Care Centre	Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire	Requires improvement Rated Dec 2024Inspected recently	35

Questions about Forest Healthcare

How big is Forest Healthcare?

Forest Healthcare runs 13 care homes registered with CQC across 3 regions of England, with 826 care home beds.

How good are Forest Healthcare's CQC ratings?

Of the services Forest Healthcare runs that have a rating (13), 85% are Good or Outstanding: 3 Outstanding, 8 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate. CQC rates each location on its own.

How recent are Forest Healthcare's ratings?

3 of its rated services were rated in the last two years and 6 more than four years ago. An old rating may not reflect the service today, particularly after a change of manager. How old care ratings are across England.