SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?40%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 3 good, 30 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. ?
Woodlands Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Cambridgeshire.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodlands Care Centre is a 109-bed nursing home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, run by RCH Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Cambridgeshire are smaller: the median there is 35 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Requires improvement. CQC rated well-led as Inadequate. Before that, in May 2019, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Cambridgeshire is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “kindness, compassion and dignity”, one of 30 standards out of 33 scored below good.
9 other homes in Cambridgeshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 6 of RCH Care Homes Limited’s 9 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.8 km away, Langdon House is rated Good.
