Residential care home · Buckinghamshire

Woodlands Park Care Centre

Aylesbury Road, Great Missenden, HP16 9LS

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 December 2024 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • 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?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • 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: 26 good, 7 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2020GoodSECRW
  • April 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2016Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Buckinghamshire

Woodlands Park Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire. 73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 63 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (24%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (8%)

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Care homes nearby

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  • Rayners Residential Care Home
    Amersham, Buckinghamshire · HP6 5UH · Residential care home · 45 beds5.6 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Portobello Place
    Chesham, Buckinghamshire · HP5 2SH · Residential care home · 61 beds5.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • The Crossings
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP22 6LX · Residential care home · 4 beds5.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Beech Tree House
    High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · HP15 6UR · Residential care home · 8 beds6.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago
  • Cherry Garth
    Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire · HP15 6RF · Residential care home · 60 beds6.7 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

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About Woodlands Park Care Centre

Woodlands Park Care Centre is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 35-bed residential care home in Great Missenden, run by Calvercare Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.

Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5. About 5.3 km away, Cherry Tree House Residential Home is rated Good.

CQC's latest rating, from December 2024, 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 March 2020, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Buckinghamshire is about 6 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “safeguarding” (significant shortfalls).