Residential care home · Norfolk

Fairland House

Station Road, Attleborough, NR17 2AS

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 26 June 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • 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?70%Good
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    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • 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
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2022GoodSECRW
  • February 2020GoodSECRW
  • February 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2017Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Norfolk

Fairland House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Norfolk. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 18 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (4%)
  • Good 123 (40%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 88 (28%)
  • Inadequate 11 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 15 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • St Elmos
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 2EL · Residential care home · 8 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • St Edmunds
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 2AW · Residential care home · 40 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Brooklyn House Nursing Home
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 2AG · Nursing home · 38 beds0.6 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 months ago
  • Oak Trees (Respite)
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 1QW · Residential care home · 4 beds1.0 km
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • The Laurels Care Home
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 1AA · Residential care home · 52 beds1.4 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 months ago
  • The Willows
    Attleborough, Norfolk · NR17 2LH · Residential care home · 19 beds1.9 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago

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Other homes run by Hewitt-Hill Limited

4 care homes in total: 2 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Hill Barn Care Home
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR9 5PP · Residential care home · 27 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • Church Farm Care Home
    Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · NR29 4NJ · Residential care home · 40 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • The Old Vicarage
    Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · NR29 5QA · Residential care home · 41 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago

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Fairland House at a glance

Fairland House is a 34-bed residential care home in Attleborough, Norfolk, run by Hewitt-Hill Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people.

CQC's latest rating, from June 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in September 2022, was the same. Ratings in Norfolk are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.

Oak Trees (Respite), 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. It is one of 4 homes run by Hewitt-Hill Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. In Norfolk, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).