Residential care home · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Willowbeech

33 Ophir Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8LT

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 8 months ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 20 February 2026 Rated 8 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2020GoodSECRW previous owner
  • June 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • June 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • August 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

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

Willowbeech 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%).

  • 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 Willowbeech

Run by Consensus Support Services Limited, Willowbeech is a residential care home in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with 5 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical home has 23 beds.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2018. 94% of homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole also score 5. 102 other homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole share its tier, “Good”. 52 of Consensus Support Services Limited’s 55 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

In February 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in July 2023. The typical rating in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.