SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Freegrove Care 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%).
Run by Mrs C Duffin, Freegrove Care Home is a residential care home in Lymington, Hampshire with 17 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Linden House (Outstanding), 1.6 km away. Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in April 2016, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 46% of homes in Hampshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
