CQC Regulated care location

Handford House Care Home

27a Cumberland Street,Ipswich, IP1 3PA

01 Directory record

Service, provider and regulatory context

Provider
Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited
CQC provider ID
1-790958178
CQC location ID
1-1317119509
ODS code
VM75K
Care home
Yes
Location type
Social Care Org
Primary inspection category
Residential social care
Region
East
NHS region
East of England
Local authority
Suffolk
ONSPD CCG
E38000086 · NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG
Brand
BD235 · BRAND Healthcare Homes
Latest directory check
4 August 2025

02 Full active-location profile

Registration, management and provider identifiers

HSCA start date
28 March 2014
Dormant
No
Care-home beds
52
Latest overall rating
Good
Rating publication date
4 August 2025
Inherited rating
No
UPRN
10035057453
PAF ID
35876127
Coordinates
52.0627120, 1.1434100
Parliamentary constituency
Ipswich
Provider Companies House number
06990425
Provider HSCA start date
28 March 2014
Provider type
Social Care Org
Provider ownership type
Organisation
Provider inspection directorate
Adult social care
Provider inspection category
Residential social care
Provider nominated individual
Gidlow, Helen
Provider telephone
01728685599
Provider website recorded
Available through the source page
Provider PAF ID
35076833
Provider coordinates
51.9244140, 0.9393770
Provider constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Provider address
The Beeches, Apex 12, Old Ipswich Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7QR

Regulated activities

  • Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
  • Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Service types in monthly profile

  • Care home service with nursing

Service user bands

  • Dementia
  • Older People
  • Physical Disability
  • Younger Adults

03 CQC ratings

Latest published rating rows

Service / population groupDomainRatingPublishedReport typeInherited
Care HomesCaringGood4 August 2025LocationNo
Care HomesEffectiveGood4 August 2025LocationNo
Care HomesOverallGood4 August 2025LocationNo
Care HomesResponsiveGood4 August 2025LocationNo
Care HomesSafeGood4 August 2025LocationNo
Care HomesWell-ledRequires improvement4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallCaringGood4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallEffectiveGood4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallOverallGood4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallResponsiveGood4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallSafeGood4 August 2025LocationNo
OverallWell-ledRequires improvement4 August 2025LocationNo

CQC can publish more than one rating on the same date and may rate individual services instead of the overall location. Rows are reproduced without BritDB combining them into a new score.

03 Care provided

Service types and specialisms

Service types

Nursing homes

Specialisms and services

Caring for adults under 65 yrs|Dementia|Caring for adults over 65 yrs|Physical disabilities

04 Contact

Public directory details

Address: 27a Cumberland Street,Ipswich, IP1 3PA

Phone: 1473231111

A service website is recorded by CQC; it is available through the source page so this profile contains no external link.