SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
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. ?
St Oggs is a 21-bed residential care home in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, run by Prime Life Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2025. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring was rated Good. Its rating before that, in November 2019, was the same. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 15 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Eliot House, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 43 of Prime Life Limited’s 53 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire. 61 other homes in Lincolnshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
