GPs, dentists and care

GPs, dentists and care in Dorset

392 health and care services are registered with the Care Quality Commission in Dorset: 61 GP surgeries, 85 dentists, 84 care homes and 36 nursing homes. 96% of those with a rating are rated good or outstanding.

392servicesregistered with the CQC

96%good or outstandingof those rated

16rated outstanding

27new ratingslast six months

Darker means a bigger share rated good or outstanding. Tap an area for its page.

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By kind of service

Kind	Services	Rated	Good or outstanding
GP surgery	61	44	98%
Dentist	85	1	100%
Care home	84	75	95%
Nursing home	36	33	94%
Home care	94	66	97%
Clinic	8	1	100%
Hospital	9	1	100%
Other care	15	2	100%

The CQC doesn’t rate dentists, and new services wait for a first inspection, so not every service has a rating.

Latest ratings

Kingsley Court rated Good Care home · 18 September
Bramley Homecare Ltd rated Good Home care · 18 September
Agincare Enable Dorset rated Outstanding Home care · 4 September
Bosworth Care Home rated Good Care home · 3 September
Eastbury House rated Good Care home · 1 September
Abbey Rose rated Good Care home · 26 August
Everycare (Wessex) Limited rated Good Home care · 26 August
Ferndown Nursing Home rated Requires improvement Nursing home · 19 August
Bridgewater Care rated Good Home care · 19 August
The Lawns rated Good Care home · 18 August
Friary House rated Requires improvement Care home · 5 August
Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) rated Good Care home · 28 July
Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited Beaminster rated Good Home care · 22 July
The Evergreens Lodge rated Good Care home · 20 July
Dorset County Hospital rated Good Dentist · 30 June

Rated requires improvement or inadequate

Ferndown Nursing Home Nursing home · Requires improvement (2026) · Ferndown
Friary House Care home · Requires improvement (2026) · Melcombe Regis
Ingleside Residential Care Home Care home · Requires improvement (2026) · Broadwey
Trafalgar Care Home Care home · Requires improvement (2026) · Melcombe Regis
Wyke Regis and Lanehouse Medical Practice GP surgery · Requires improvement (2025) · Wyke Regis
Integrated Case Management Ltd Home care · Requires improvement (2025) · Ferndown
Oakdene Nursing Home Nursing home · Requires improvement (2025) · Three Legged Cross
Fairfield House Residential Care Home Care home · Requires improvement (2023) · Lyme Regis
N-Able Care Home care · Requires improvement (2023) · Marshwood

A rating shows how a service was when it was last inspected. Services can improve and ask to be inspected again, so check the CQC page for the latest.

Every GP surgery


Advanced Healthcare Centre	Poundbury	Not inspected yet
Atrium Health Centre	Dorchester	Good (2017)
Aurora Linden Doctors Treatment Service	Cranborne	Not inspected yet
Barton House Medical Practice	Beaminster	Good (2025)
Bere Regis Surgery	Bere Regis	Good (2016)
Blandford Community Hospital	Blandford Forum	Good (2017): good in 3, requires improvement in 1
Bridport Medical Centre	Bridport	Good (2026)
Cerne Abbas Surgery	Cerne Abbas	Good (2016): outstanding in 1, good in 4
Clinical Partners Head Office	Motcombe	Good (2023)
Corfe Castle Surgery	Corfe Castle	Outstanding (2020): outstanding in 4, good in 1
Cross Road Surgery	Rodwell	Good (2023)
Dorset Private Medical Clinic	Poundbury	Good in 5 (2019)
DrPA Secure - HMP Guy's Marsh	Shaftesbury	Not inspected yet
DrPA Secure - HMP Portland	Easton	Not inspected yet
DrPA Secure - HMP The Verne	Fortuneswell	Not inspected yet
Fordington Surgery	Fordington	Good (2020)
Gillingham Medical Practice	Gillingham	Good (2016)
I-facial Aesthetics	Dorchester	Not inspected yet
Milton Abbas Surgery	Milton Abbas	Outstanding (2016): outstanding in 3, good in 2
Morley Aesthetics	Wimborne St Giles	Not inspected yet
Olivine Clinic	Poundbury	Not inspected yet
Orchid House Surgery	Ferndown	Good (2018)
Penny's Hill Practice	Ferndown	Good (2017)
Poundbury Doctors Surgery	Poundbury	Good (2022)
Puddletown Surgery	Puddletown	Good (2016)
Queens Avenue Surgery	Dorchester	Good (2019)
Room 4 The Poundbury Clinic	Poundbury	Not inspected yet
Royal Crescent Surgery	Weymouth	Outstanding (2023): outstanding in 2, good in 3
Royal Manor Health Care	Easton	Good (2023)
Sandford Surgery	Sandford	Good (2020)
Sixpenny Handley Surgery	Sixpenny Handley	Good (2017)
Suntara Clinic	Poundbury	Good (2022)
Swanage Community Hospital	Swanage	Not inspected yet
Swanage Medical Practice	Swanage	Good (2015)
The Apples Medical Centre	Sherborne	Good (2016)
The Barcellos Family Practice	Ferndown	Good (2016)
The Blackmore Vale Partnership	Sturminster Newton	Good (2025)
The Bridges Medical Practice	Weymouth	Good (2023)
The Cranborne Practice	Cranborne	Good (2016)
The Grove Medical Centre	Sherborne	Good (2016): outstanding in 1, good in 4
The Melbury Skin and Laser Clinic	Yetminster	Not inspected yet
The Men's Health Clinic	West Parley	Good (2019)
The Poundbury Clinic	Poundbury	Not inspected yet
The Prince of Wales Surgery	Poundbury	Good (2016): outstanding in 1, good in 4
The Private Ear Clinic	Wimborne Minster	Not inspected yet
The Quarter Jack Surgery	Wimborne Minster	Good (2026)
The Silton Surgery	Bourton	Good (2016)
The Verwood Surgery	Verwood	Good (2019)
The Wellbridge Practice	Wool	Good (2017)
Two Harbours Healthcare Limited	Charlestown	Good (2023)
Victoria Hospital	Wimborne Minster	Good (2017): good in 4, requires improvement in 1
Victoria Road Medical Practice	Ferndown	Not inspected yet
Walford Mill Medical Centre	Wimborne Minster	Good (2017)
Wareham Surgery	Wareham	Good (2016)
West Moors Group Practice	West Moors	Good (2018)
Weymouth Community Hospital	Melcombe Regis	Inspected 2013, no rating given
Whitecliff Surgery	Blandford Forum	Outstanding (2025): outstanding in 2, good in 3
Wimborne Travel Clinic	Wimborne Minster	Good (2019)
Wyke Regis and Lanehouse Medical Practice	Wyke Regis	Requires improvement (2025): good in 3, requires improvement in 2
Yeatman Hospital	Sherborne	Not inspected yet
Yetminster Health Centre	Yetminster	Good (2016)

Where the figures come from

The Care Quality Commission publishes every registered health and care service and its latest rating, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at DT, BH, SP and TA postcodes and show here the ones in Dorset. Home-care agencies are often run from someone’s home, so they show their street only.

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Questions people ask

How are GP surgeries in Dorset rated?

61 GP surgeries are registered in Dorset; 98% of those rated are good or outstanding.

How many care homes are there in Dorset?

120 care and nursing homes are registered in Dorset.

What do CQC ratings mean?

The Care Quality Commission rates services as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate, after looking at whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.