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?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Orchard House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Cambridgeshire.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Orchard House Care Home is a 67-bed nursing home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, run by RCH Care Homes Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Cambridgeshire has 35 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in December 2020. That matches its previous rating, from November 2019. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 64% of ratings in Cambridgeshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
About 0.0 km away, Glennfield Care Home is rated Good. It is one of 9 homes run by RCH Care Homes Limited. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire. Across Cambridgeshire, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
