Venetia House
Venetia House is a care home in Leicester, run by Blue Star Care Ltd. CQC rated it Good overall in October 2023 (last checked 3 October 2023). It has 10 beds. It is registered to support people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and younger adults.
- Care home without nursing
348 Aylestone Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 8BL
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 16 May 2023.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 3 October 2023.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 3 years ago (3 October 2023)Is it effective?
Goodrated 3 years ago (3 October 2023)Is it caring?
Goodrated 3 years ago (3 October 2023)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 3 years ago (3 October 2023)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (3 October 2023)
Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CQC ratings work.
Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from October 2023. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement16 May 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate10 January 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement6 August 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement5 March 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement3 September 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good13 January 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disability or autism, Mental health needs, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 10
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 14 January 2022
- Local council area
- Leicester
Who runs it
- Provider
- Blue Star Care Ltd
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation