Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
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 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. ?
The Lindens Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Lindens Care Home is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 60-bed residential care home in Stoke Hammond, run by The Lindens (Stoke Hammond) Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2026. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5. 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Waterhall Care Home, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from December 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in April 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
