SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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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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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant 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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
New Forest 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%).
New Forest Nursing Home is a 48-bed nursing home in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, run by New Forest Fritham Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Hampshire has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
New Forest Fritham Limited has run the home since July 2024, when it changed owner. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from November 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Hampshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
