InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: InadequateRated 8 months ago↓ Down from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since April 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?28%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?33%Inadequate
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?35%Inadequate
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?36%Inadequate
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Equity in accessSignificant shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSignificant shortfalls
Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?29%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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. ?
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. ?
Wainford House Residential Care Home is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 2 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Wainford House Residential Care Home is a 28-bed residential care home in Beccles, Suffolk. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 2 (improvement necessary), from June 2026. In Suffolk, 92% of homes score 5. 2 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Inadequate”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Wainford House Residential Care Home Limited has run the home since April 2024, when it changed owner. About 0.8 km away, The White House is rated Good.
CQC rated it Inadequate overall and in all five key questions in February 2026. Before that, in January 2021, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in Suffolk is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 33 standards out of 33 scored below good.
