SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 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. ?
Dovehaven Grove is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 40 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
DHCH14 Limited runs Dovehaven Grove, a residential care home in Preston, Lancashire with room for 55 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Lancashire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2026. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from November 2021. The typical rating in Lancashire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 9 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
The home changed owner in May 2025. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 22 homes run by DHCH14 Limited. 16 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
