SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Kitnocks Specialist Care Limited runs Kitnocks House, a nursing home in Southampton, Hampshire with room for 63 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder. The typical home in Hampshire has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
264 other homes in Hampshire share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from September 2026. In Hampshire, 84% of homes score 5. About 0.7 km away, The White House (Curdridge) Limited is rated Outstanding.
Its CQC rating, from June 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in August 2022, was the same. The typical rating in Hampshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
