Oak Lodge
Lordsleaze Lane, Chard, TA20 2HN · Somerset · South West
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 3 years old, and 5 of this operator's 12 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 15 Sep 2022, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of Harbour Healthcare Ltd's 12 rated homes, 5 are below Good — not this one. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 47
- Registered with CQC
- 1 Jul 2021
- Run by
- Harbour Healthcare Ltd
- Part of
- Harbour Healthcare · 38 services
- Phone
- 0146067258
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2022 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 11 other locations
Other active services registered to Harbour Healthcare Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Bentley Manor | Good, published 20 Feb 2024 | Cheshire East |
| Clement Court | Requires improvement, published 27 Apr 2026 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Devonshire House and Lodge | Good, published 23 Oct 2024 | Devon |
| Elburton Heights | Good, published 17 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Plymouth |
| Fleetwood Heights | Requires improvement, published 11 Feb 2026 | Calderdale |
| Gotton Manor | Good, published 13 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Somerset |
| Hilltop Court Nursing Home | Requires improvement, published 24 Aug 2026 | Stockport |
| Peel Moat | Requires improvement, published 23 Mar 2024 | Stockport |
| Regency Hall | Requires improvement, published 10 Jun 2026 | Derbyshire |
| The Old Vicarage Nursing and Residential Care Centre | Good, published 13 May 2026 | Warrington |
| Treetops Court Care Home | Good, published 4 Jun 2026 | Staffordshire |
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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See a sample and order →Similar services nearby
Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 10 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Horton Cross Nursing Homeabout 4.6 miles · Ilminster · 47 bedsGood, published 12 Feb 2026
- Silverleigh Cedarsabout 6.3 miles · Axminster · 65 bedsGood, published 11 Feb 2026
- The Orchardsabout 7.2 miles · Crewkerne · 45 bedsGood, published 21 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Beauchamp House Nursing Homeabout 7.9 miles · Taunton · 54 bedsGood, published 9 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-10852363984
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.