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Rated:GoodResidential & Nursing

Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home

5-7 Westminster Road East, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset, BH13 6JF
01202767493
Care Type

Residential & Nursing Care

Assessment date

26 March 2025

Provider

Chalgrove Care Home Limited

Beds

60 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 60 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 4 are rated higher by CQC, 55 are the same and 1 is lower.

16 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. Requires ImprovementFeb 2017
  2. Requires ImprovementJul 2017
  3. GoodJan 2018
  4. Requires ImprovementSept 2022
  5. GoodApr 2025

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2025. CQC has rated this home 5 times since 2017.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Chalgrove Care Home Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the South West: £1,170 a week for residential care and £1,472 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
  • This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home

Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, provides personal and nursing care for adults, including people with a learning disability and people living with dementia. Full details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home provides personal and nursing care for up to 60 people, including those with a learning disability and people living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, 54 people were being supported. The CQC rated the service good overall, an improvement from its previous requires improvement rating, after finding the provider had strengthened its governance and oversight systems.

Inspectors found staff delivered person-centred care that promoted dignity, privacy and choice, and that people felt safe and well looked after. Relatives spoke positively about the quality of care, and staff described a supportive, committed management team. No significant shortfalls were identified.

Source: CQC assessment, 14 April 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Photographs of the home

Garden at Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home
Garden at Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home. Photograph from the provider’s website.Photo: Agincare. Used with permission.

Practical details from the provider

  • There are 57 bedrooms across two wings, including three rooms that can accommodate couples.
  • Shared spaces include lounges, dining areas, a conservatory, a lawned garden and enclosed courtyards. Some ground-floor rooms have direct garden access.

Published on the provider's website, checked 20 September 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity
60 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · BH13 6JF

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 14 April 2025. Assessment date recorded: 26 March 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 14 April 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home is registered to provide personal care and nursing care to up to 60 people. At the time of our inspection, the service was supporting 54 people, including people with a learning disability and people living with dementia.

The inspection took place between 28 March 2025 and 7 April 2025. We visited the service on 31 March 2025. During this inspection we inspected all quality statements under the key questions of safe and well-led to check the provider had followed their action plan to make improvements.

We found the service had made improvements and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations. The rating has changed from requires improvement (published 23 September 2022) to good.

Improvements to the service’s governance and auditing systems enabled the registered manager to have clear oversight of risk and learn from adverse events. All staff spoke of the management team’s commitment to make continuous improvements. A staff member told us, “I have seen the home come on leaps and bounds in my last few years and look forward to seeing it progress on further.” Another staff member stated, “Everything has improved since you were last here. All aspects of care have gone up, we are a strong team, we know residents and treat them like they are our family.”

We observed care was delivered in ways that were person-centred and promoted people’s dignity, privacy and human rights. Care staff treated people with kindness and respect. Staff told us they were valued and supported in their roles, informing us the positive impact this had in enabling them to provide care for people using the service.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home, consider asking...

  1. 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
  2. 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
  3. 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
  4. 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
  5. 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home, look out for...

  1. 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
  2. 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
  3. 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
  4. 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
  5. 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

5-7 Westminster Road East, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset, BH13 6JF

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Chalgrove Care and Nursing Home

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 26 March 2025

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