SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
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?80%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 enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?89%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 exceptional. 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. ?
Dorset House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 3 other homes in Worcestershire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Droitwich, Worcestershire, Dorset House is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 42 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 92% of homes in Worcestershire also score 5. Across Worcestershire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in September 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in August 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Worcestershire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 6 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
