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The Oaks Care Home

15-25 Oaks Drive, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 3PR

Goodpublished 8 August 2025, 12 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on The Oaks Care Home on 13 January 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 The Oaks Care Home

5 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has improved, from Inadequate to Requires improvement.

  1. January 2023Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. March 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  3. January 2018Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. December 2016Requires improvementup from Inadequate
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. September 2016Inadequatestayed Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  6. February 2016Inadequate
    Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Inadequate

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  7. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. May 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. January 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. November 2011

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 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.

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