Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
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?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 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. ?
Brackenlea Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 64 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Brackenlea Care Home is a 25-bed residential care home in Winchester, Hampshire. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. About 0.6 km away, Compton House is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in October 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in June 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Hampshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
