SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Abbott House - Oundle is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in North Northamptonshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Abbott House - Oundle is one of 108 care homes in North Northamptonshire: a 40-bed residential care home in Oundle, run by Shaw Healthcare (de Montfort) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in January 2018, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in North Northamptonshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 17 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “kindness, compassion and dignity”.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Polebrook Nursing Home (Good), 3.6 km away. 4 of Shaw Healthcare (de Montfort) Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire.
