SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 1 exceptional, 7 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Andover Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 51 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Andover Care Limited runs Andover Nursing Home, a nursing home in Andover, Hampshire with room for 87 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2025. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That is down from Outstanding in June 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Hampshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
