SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant 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?62%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
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
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Fairways is an independent 24-bed residential care home in Morecambe, Lancashire, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after people with dementia.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Primrose Neurological Centre (Good), 0.7 km away. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in September 2023, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. Ratings in Lancashire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
