Skip to content
CQC ExplainedEvery inspection report, in plain English

CQC report explained · a residential care home, run by Mr H N & Mrs S J M Dennis & Mr D M & Mrs A M Baker

Oak House Care Home

Chard Street, Axminster, EX13 5EB

Goodpublished 12 April 2023, 3 years ago

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

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the service run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC published its most recent report on Oak House Care Home on 12 April 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

Read the report on cqc.org.uk
The story over the years

Every inspection of Oak House Care Home

6 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. April 2023Goodcurrent ratingup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  2. June 2022Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. December 2021Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. April 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. February 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. January 2017Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  7. June 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  8. October 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  9. January 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  10. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 17 January 2011.

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.

Another option

Or stay at home with a private carer

Many people who look at care homes end up staying at home with a carer who comes in for a few hours a day, or lives in. PrimeCarers introduces you to self-employed carers you choose yourself: interviewed, ID and DBS checked, from about £20 an hour or £1,120 a week live-in.

About live-in careHow PrimeCarers works
Same provider

Other services run by Mr H N & Mrs S J M Dennis & Mr D M & Mrs A M Baker

1 other service on the CQC register. A pattern across a group tells you more than one report.

Nearby

Other care homes near Axminster

All in Devon

Tudor Cottage

Axminster, EX13 · 0.3 km
Good
ResidentialDementia
Rated 6 years agocare home

Norwyn House

Axminster, EX13 · 2.9 km
Good
Residential
Rated 7 years agocare home

Barley Close

Axminster, EX13 · 4.3 km
Requires improvement
Residential
Rated 3 years agocare home