SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Abbey Rose is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 4 other homes in Dorset.
94% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Serene Care (UK) Ltd runs Abbey Rose, a residential care home in Ringwood, Dorset with room for 24 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2026. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in November 2018, was the same. Ratings in Dorset are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “supporting people to live healthier lives”.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 100% of homes in Dorset. 4 other homes in Dorset share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. 2 of Serene Care (UK) Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
