SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?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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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
Ferndown Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 5 other homes in Dorset.
94% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kenmore Ferndown Limited runs Ferndown Nursing Home, a nursing home in Ferndown, Dorset with room for 29 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in February 2019, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Dorset is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The home changed owner in December 2023. In Dorset, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. That is true of 100% of homes in Dorset. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The nearest home with a higher rating is Clarence House (Good), 0.1 km away.
