SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 3 good, 30 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Run by Fairfield Healthcare Limited, Fairfield Nursing Home is a nursing home in Wirral with 30 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in February 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Wirral, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “infection prevention and control”, one of 30 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Wirral. 3 other homes in Wirral share its tier, “Inadequate”. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The nearest home with a higher rating is Grange Nursing Home (Requires improvement), 0.3 km away.
