SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Fair Haven Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 43 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Pathways Care Group Limited, Fair Haven Care Home is a residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire with 20 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.
In June 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its rating before that, in November 2018, was the same. The typical rating in West Northamptonshire is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 2 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2021. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire. In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Pathways Care Group Limited runs 16 care homes, and all 16 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
