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Oak House

56 St. Leonards Road, Exeter, EX2 4LS

Requires improvementpublished 12 January 2026, 7 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Oak House on 8 June 2023. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Oak House

5 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. June 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  2. July 2022Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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

  3. April 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. September 2016Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  5. August 2015Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  6. November 2020

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 November 2020.

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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