GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 8 months ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since January 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
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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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 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. ?
Woodview Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodview Care Centre is an independent 63-bed nursing home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Lincolnshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is An Caladh House (Outstanding), 3.0 km away. Woodview Care Ltd has run the home since January 2024, when it changed owner.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2023, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in Lincolnshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
