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Nursing home · Norfolk

Oakwoods Care Home

103 Norwich Road, Fakenham, NR21 8HH

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate New owner since April 2024
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CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 10 August 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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?Requires improvement

The home changed owner in April 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • October 2020InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • December 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Norfolk

Oakwoods Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 18 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (4%)
  • Good 123 (40%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 88 (28%)
  • Inadequate 11 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 15 (5%)

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About Oakwoods Care Home

Run by Oakwoods Care Operations LTD, Oakwoods Care Home is a nursing home in Fakenham, Norfolk with 43 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.

87 other homes in Norfolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. About 0.3 km away, Cranmer House is rated Good. Oakwoods Care Operations LTD has run the home since April 2024, when it changed owner.

CQC's latest rating, from August 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in October 2020, it was rated Inadequate.