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Great Oaks

Poole Lane, Bournemouth, BH11 9DP

Goodpublished 23 July 2025, 13 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Great Oaks. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Great Oaks

5 rated inspections over 5 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. August 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. July 2022Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  3. February 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  4. May 2021Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. March 2020Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Inspected but not rated
  6. December 2019Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  7. October 2018Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  8. April 2024

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 22 April 2024.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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