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Oake Meadows Care Home

Wyvern Road, Taunton, TA1 4RA

Goodpublished 23 June 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 has not yet published an inspection report for Oake Meadows Care Home. That is usual for a newly registered service.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Oake Meadows Care Home

8 rated inspections over 9 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. June 2023Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  2. January 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. October 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Effective: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. August 2017Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. April 2017Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: InadequateResponsive: Inadequate
  6. January 2017Inadequatedown from Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate
  7. May 2016Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  8. June 2015Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  9. November 2014Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  10. July 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 24 July 2025.

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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