SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Plean Dene is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Isle of Wight.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Isle of Wight Council runs Plean Dene, a residential care home in Shanklin, Isle of Wight with room for 13 residents. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Isle of Wight, where the median is 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2026. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring as Good. Before that, in August 2018, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Isle of Wight, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
3 of Isle of Wight Council’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Appley Cliff - Care Home Physical Disabilities (Good), 0.2 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2023. That is true of 82% of homes in Isle of Wight. 13 other homes in Isle of Wight share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
