SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 33 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
Wickmeads is in the Good tier ?, with 102 other homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
96% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Wickmeads is a 50-bed nursing home in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, run by Care South. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.
Its CQC rating, from February 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in March 2020, was the same. All 33 standards CQC scored were good.
14 of Care South’s 14 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.9 km away, Aucklands Care is rated Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
