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Care home

Oaklands

Dimples Lane, Preston, PR3 1UA · Lancashire · North West

30 beds · operated by Valorum Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Good1 Sep 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old, and 7 of this operator's 23 rated homes are below Good.

Age of rating
2 years old — published 1 Sep 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
7 of 23 of Valorum Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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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What it provides

Care home with nursing

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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGood1 Sep 2023
EffectiveGood1 Sep 2023
CaringGood1 Sep 2023
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old4 Dec 2021
Well-ledGood1 Sep 2023

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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 23 other locations

Other active services registered to Valorum Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Alexander House Care HomeGood1 Apr 2026Calderdale
Alne HallGood26 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Yorkshire
BeechwoodRequires improvement15 Jan 2026Kirklees
Burger CourtRequires improvement29 Nov 2024Bradford
Champion HouseGood23 Dec 2025Leeds
Denison House Care HomeRequires improvement15 Oct 2024North Yorkshire
Douglas HouseRequires improvement29 Apr 2025Torbay
Fernside Hall Care HomeGood19 May 2026Calderdale
FreshfieldsGood12 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs oldSefton
Green GablesRequires improvement20 May 2022rating 3+ yrs oldDerbyshire
Holme LodgeGood7 May 2022rating 3+ yrs oldNottinghamshire
James Burns HouseGood26 Jan 2026Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

…and 11 more.

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
31 Jul 2019
Beds
30
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-6958525779

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.