SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Forest Court Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 51 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Forest Court Nursing Home is one of 456 care homes in Hampshire: a 80-bed nursing home in Southampton, run by Hampshire County Council. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Hampshire has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in January 2022.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in Hampshire. 51 other homes in Hampshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 19 of Hampshire County Council’s 19 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).