SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?42%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant 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?55%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 enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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 InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 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. ?
How it compares in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Fairmile Grange Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 4 other homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
96% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Fairmile Grange Care Home is one of 129 care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: a 80-bed nursing home in Christchurch, run by Allegra Fairmile Grange Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.
Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.3 km away, Avon View is rated Good. Allegra Fairmile Grange Limited has run the home since December 2024, when it changed owner.
CQC's latest rating, from November 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in March 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical rating is about 2 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 25 fell below good. The lowest was “assessing needs” (significant shortfalls).
