United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road
- Care home
- 11 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2010
- St Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England
Inadequate
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
4 ratings
Its last inspection moved it down from Good to Inadequate.
This month
The latest rating was published.
2 of 210
rated care homes in Hertfordshire are rated Inadequate, like this one.
United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road: inspection record
Rated Inadequate in November 2025, down from Good.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Clare Lodge Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Strathmore Lodge (Good, 0.4 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Clare Lodge Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- G Strathmore Lodge Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Alban Manor Nursing Home Good, 0.7 miles away
- G The Orchard Nursing Home Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Beau Sejour Care Services Good, 0.8 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 2 November 2026 (assessment visit 21 September 2026). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
United Response - 66 66a Lemsford Road is a residential care home, registered to provide accommodation, personal care and support for up to 11 people, with a learning disability and/or autism. At the time of our inspection, 9 people were living in the home across 2 buildings.
- Safe No rating
- Well-led No rating
Read the rest of CQC's summary
This assessment took place on the 22 September 2026. This assessment was to follow up on enforcement action for breaches in legislation in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance in July 2025. For this assessment we looked at all key questions in safe and well-led.
The provider had made improvements to the documentation for epilepsy care, risk mitigation and governance since the last assessment and was no longer in breach of this regulation. They continued to be in breach of legislation in relation to medicines and a new breach for the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) measures and premises.
The provider took immediate action to address the concerns we found in medicines. The provider also took immediate action to address the concerns we found in the premises and put an action plan in place to address the IPC concerns.
This service has been in Special Measures since 11 September 2025. The provider demonstrated improvements that have been made. The service is no longer rated as inadequate overall or in any of the key questions. Therefore, this service is no longer in Special Measures.
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. We found the provider was working within the principles of this guidance.
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Safe
No rating
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm. At our last assessment we rated this key question inadequate. At this assessment the rating has changed to requires improvement.
This meant some aspects of the service were not always safe and there was limited assurance about safety. There was an increased risk that people could be harmed.
The service was in breach of legal regulation in relation to the safe storage of medicines, infection prevention control and premises.
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Well-led
No rating
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question inadequate. At this assessment the rating has changed to requires improvement.
This meant the management and leadership was inconsistent. Leaders and the culture they created did not always support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Inadequate on 28 November 2025. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Effective was rated Requires improvement on 28 November 2025. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
- Caring was rated Requires improvement on 28 November 2025. Ask how staff protect dignity and how residents are involved in decisions about their care.
- Responsive was rated Requires improvement on 28 November 2025. Ask to see how care plans are kept up to date, how complaints are handled and what activities are on offer.
Registration details
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Physical Disability
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)6 inspection reports, latest 4 April 2020. Latest assessment published 2 November 2026; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- United ResponseBrand: United Response
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 01133776 (opens Companies House)
- Charity number
- 265249
United Response runs 37 services in England, 3 of them in the East of England. 34 are rated Good or Outstanding, 2 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 1 has no rating yet.
Other services run by United Response
- G Brimley Good. Care home, Devon, South West
- G Domiciliary Care South Devon Good. Home care, Torbay, South West
- G Gombards Good. Care home, Hertfordshire
- G London DCA Good. Home care, Richmond upon Thames, London
Getting help from Hertfordshire County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Hertfordshire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 123 4042, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm (closed weekends and public holidays)
- Support for carers
- Care home fee rates published by the council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 11 beds at United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road.
- When was United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road was published on 2 November 2026.
- Who runs United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road?
- United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road is run by United Response. It runs 37 services in England, 3 of them in the East of England.
- What is United Response - 66 & 66a Lemsford Road's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Inadequate, published on 28 November 2025.
Contact
- Phone
- 01727 850436
- Address
- 66 & 66a Lemsford Road, St Albans, AL1 3PT Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Clare Lodge Care Home (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Strathmore Lodge (Good, 0.4 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Clare Lodge Care Home Good, 0.2 miles away
- G Strathmore Lodge Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Alban Manor Nursing Home Good, 0.7 miles away
- G The Orchard Nursing Home Good, 0.8 miles away
- G Beau Sejour Care Services Good, 0.8 miles away