Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
How it compares in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Silverways Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
96% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Silverways Nursing Home is one of 129 care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: a 61-bed nursing home in Christchurch, run by Christchurch Housing Society. It is registered to care for older people. That is larger than most homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical home has 23 beds.
About 0.5 km away, Greenways is rated Good. Christchurch Housing Society runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. 94% of homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in November 2023, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 15 standards out of 33 scored below good.
