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Care home

Oakwell House

6 Church Lane, Retford, DN22 9LD · Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

6 beds · operated by Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement19 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 2 of this operator's 10 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement19 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement19 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 19 Oct 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 10 of Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old19 Oct 2022
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old19 Oct 2022
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old19 Oct 2022
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old19 Oct 2022
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old19 Oct 2022

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 9 other locations

Other active services registered to Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Bridle LodgeGood1 May 2026Nottinghamshire
Charnwood HouseOutstanding18 Mar 2026Nottinghamshire
Orchard EndGood9 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs oldNottinghamshire
Sheepwalk HouseGood14 Oct 2025Nottinghamshire
Sternhill PaddockOutstanding18 Mar 2026Nottinghamshire
The Old Red LionOutstanding1 May 2026Nottinghamshire
The Old VicarageGood29 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs oldDerbyshire
The Old VicarageRequires improvement18 Mar 2021rating 3+ yrs oldNottinghamshire
The SpinniesGood2 Apr 2026Nottinghamshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
9 Jul 2021
Beds
6
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-11210382295

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.