Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 8 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 31 good, 2 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Benson House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Oxfordshire.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Benson House Care Home is one of 131 care homes in Oxfordshire: a 70-bed nursing home in Wallingford, run by CH (Benson) Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in July 2022. The typical rating in Oxfordshire is about 6 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
Rush Court, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Oxfordshire. 14 other homes in Oxfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
