Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome 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 livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 4 good, 29 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. ?
Lynden Hill Clinic is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 2 other homes in Wokingham.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lynden Hill Clinic is a 28-bed nursing home in Reading, Wokingham. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Wokingham are smaller: the median there is 16 beds.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in June 2025. Its previous rating, in December 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Wokingham are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 29 fell below good. The lowest was “safe and effective staffing” (significant shortfalls).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. That is true of 80% of homes in Wokingham. 2 other homes in Wokingham share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Hilltop House, 2.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
