Care home · Bournemouth
St Bridgets Care Centre
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- 14 East Avenue, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, BH3 7BY
- Run by
- Mr Anthony Howell
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 12 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Ali Ahmad Dhia Sheet Khattab
- Last CQC check
- 7 Nov 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-146823798
An overview of St Bridgets Care Centre
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, St Bridgets Care Centre is based in Bournemouth, run by Mr Anthony Howell. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2024). It is one of 62 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bournemouth; 59 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
From the latest CQC inspection
- St Bridgets Care Centre is registered to provide personal care to up to 12 people.
- At the time of assessment, the home was supporting 8 people, including people living with dementia.
- The assessment took place between 21 October 2024 and 25 October 2024.
- The provider and registered manager had established improvements within the home since our last inspection.
Inspected 20 August 2022; report published 9 September 2022. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Detailed scores
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, St Bridgets Care Centre scores 74%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 16 October 2024, published 7 November 2024 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Jun 2015
- Oct 2016
- May 2019
- Sep 2022
- Nov 2024
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 9 September 2022
- CQC inspection report 24 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 28 October 2016
- CQC inspection report 12 June 2015
- Inspection report 24 May 2014
- Inspection report 13 August 2013
Location and local area
- Ward
- Talbot & Branksome Woods
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Integrated care board
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BH3 (8)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 200 m (3 min walk) · 15 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bournemouth, 1.6 km
- GP surgery Alma Medical Centre, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Winton Pharmacy, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Best One, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Park 640 m (8 min walk)
- Café Wistmans Art Cafe, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship St Luke's Church, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Library Library (Arts University Bournemouth), 1.2 km (15 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The company behind St Bridgets Care Centre
St Bridgets Care Centre is the only service its provider, Mr Anthony Howell, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate St Bridgets Care Centre at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
With savings below £23,250, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 25 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Adamscourt Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
13 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Talbot & Branksome Woods ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Dorset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (7 min), a park (8 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score123 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Effective75% score119 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Caring70% score121 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Responsive75% score117 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Well-led75% score117 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 7 November 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole share it.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for St Bridgets Care Centre: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 116 of the 128 other care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 74% overall.
History with CQC
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 9 September 2022.
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How St Bridgets Care Centre compares
- Rated Good. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of the 129 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2024) is more recent than 48% of care home ratings in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- With 12 beds it is smaller than 70% of care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 75% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as at Oct 2026.
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What families ask about St Bridgets Care Centre
- Where is St Bridgets Care Centre?
- It is at 14 East Avenue, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, BH3 7BY.
- Is St Bridgets Care Centre a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records St Bridgets Care Centre as a care home, location ID 1-146823798 and was rated Good overall in November 2024.
- What type of care does St Bridgets Care Centre provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask St Bridgets Care Centre how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Does St Bridgets Care Centre support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- When did CQC last rate St Bridgets Care Centre?
- 7 November 2024 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- How big is St Bridgets Care Centre?
- St Bridgets Care Centre is registered for up to 12 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Which provider runs St Bridgets Care Centre?
- CQC lists Mr Anthony Howell as the provider responsible for St Bridgets Care Centre.
- How much does St Bridgets Care Centre charge?
- St Bridgets Care Centre's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is St Bridgets Care Centre rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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