SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
The home changed owner in August 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Lynwood Care Centre is in the Good tier ?, with 14 other homes in Windsor and Maidenhead.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by GCH (Ascot) Limited, Lynwood Care Centre is a nursing home in Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead with 102 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Windsor and Maidenhead, where the typical home has 32 beds.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. GCH (Ascot) Limited has run the home since August 2025, when it changed owner. In Windsor and Maidenhead, 71% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from March 2026. In Windsor and Maidenhead, 81% of homes score 5.
In May 2018, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its rating before that, in February 2016, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Windsor and Maidenhead, 49% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
