SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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. ?
Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home
Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 25-bed nursing home in Ipswich, run by Cathena Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in October 2020, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Requires improvement. Before that, in November 2019, it was rated Inadequate. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 32% of homes in Suffolk. Here is how rating age varies by council.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Montrose House (Outstanding), 3.2 km away. Cathena Healthcare Limited runs 4 care homes, and all 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2024. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk.
