SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Woodside Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 51 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodside Lodge is a 21-bed residential care home in Christchurch, Hampshire. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. 51 other homes in Hampshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2018. Ratings in Hampshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
