SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
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?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Oakdene 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%).
Oakdene Nursing Home is one of 112 care homes in Dorset: a 71-bed nursing home in Wimborne, run by Dorset Healthcare Ltd. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Dorset are smaller: the median there is 31 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in July 2022. The typical rating in Dorset is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (some shortfalls).
Waterloo Care Home, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. That is true of 100% of homes in Dorset. 5 other homes in Dorset share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
