Oak Cottage Care Home
Public listing: From public sources. The home has not claimed this page.
Oak Cottage Care Home is located at 4 Wilkins Green Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9RT. The care home offers services for older people (OP), dementia (D),…
- Care home
- Oak Cottage Care Home
- Location
- 4 Wilkins Green Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9RT, Hatfield, AL10 9RT
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Inadequate
- Latest CQC inspection
- 15 November 2023
- Beds
- 25
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01707 269594
- CQC location ID
- 1-326970391
Rated 3.8/5 from 10 Google reviews.
What families say
Families have had mixed experiences with Oak Cottage Care Home, with some reporting excellent care and staff, while others have raised concerns about the quality of care, cleanliness, and staff competence. Some have praised the home's management and staff for providing a welcoming and supportive environment, while…
What the CQC says
Rated Inadequate by the CQC on 31 October 2025.
Inadequate — the service is performing badly and CQC has taken enforcement action. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Requires improvement — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Inadequate — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating fell from Requires improvement to Inadequate (previously rated April 2019).
- Got worse: Well-led (Requires improvement → Inadequate).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 7 September 2026.
Guides that help you judge this home
Nearby