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What the CQC found at Great Oaks

Goodpublished 23 July 2025, 14 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home 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.

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, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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37 live-in carers within about an hour of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,000 to £1,300 a week. 26 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Maria Florentina L.
1 review
From £1,295 a week, 19 years caring
Based about 4 minutes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Orobosa O.
2 reviews
From £1,085 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 9 minutes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Can care for a couple
Beckee W.
1 review
From £1,400 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 11 minutes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Can care for a couple
Gabriella L.
1 review
From £1,120 a week, 5 years caring
Based about 16 minutes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Can care for a couple
“We could not have managed without her calm, reassuring presence and practical knowledge and skill in caring and supporting both my husband and the family and I.”
Pat A., about Gloria Z.
“I cannot recommend Prisca highly enough, she is one in a million.”
Emily B., about Prisca S.
See live-in carers near Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.