Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
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: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Fairhaven Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Isle of Wight.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Oakray Care (Fairhaven) Limited runs Fairhaven Care Home, a residential care home in Ryde, Isle of Wight with room for 21 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.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in November 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Isle of Wight is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Newton Lodge (Good), 0.6 km away. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Isle of Wight. In Isle of Wight, 71% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
