Residential care home · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The Laurels

195 Barrack Road, Christchurch, BH23 2AR

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 18 January 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • 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

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2022GoodSECRW
  • August 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • November 2018GoodSECRW
  • January 2018Requires improvementSECRW
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  • March 2016GoodSECRW

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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The Laurels 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%).

  • Outstanding 8 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (5%)
  • Good 103 (80%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (3%)
  • Requires improvement 5 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (2%)

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About The Laurels

Mrs Mary Hall & Ms Georgina Hall runs The Laurels, a residential care home in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with room for 20 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.

There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Avon View, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.

CQC's latest rating, from January 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in March 2022.