Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based 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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome 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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
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. ?
Lawnbrook Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Southampton.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lawnbrook Care Home is an independent 30-bed residential care home in Southampton, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Southampton, where the typical home has 18 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in February 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Southampton is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “safeguarding” (significant shortfalls).
6 other homes in Southampton share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Southampton. The nearest home with a higher rating is St Annes Nursing Home (Good), 0.0 km away.
