Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 month ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
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
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Harefield Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Southampton.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Harefield Lodge is one of 50 care homes in Southampton: a 7-bed residential care home in Southampton, run by Voyage 1 Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Southampton, where the median is 18 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2018. 88% of homes in Southampton also score 5. In Southampton, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.0 km away, Greensleeves Residential Care Home is rated Good. Voyage 1 Limited runs 241 care homes, and 217 of the 238 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in January 2019, it was rated Good. Ratings in Southampton are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 12 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
