Nursing home · Hampshire

Northcott House Residential Care and Nursing Home

Northcott Close, Bury Hall Lane, Gosport, PO12 2PP

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↓ Down from Good New owner since February 2026

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 December 2023 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • 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

The home changed owner in February 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • July 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • November 2017InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • July 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Hampshire

Northcott House Residential Care and Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 64 other homes in Hampshire. 85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 25 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 30 (7%)
  • Good 265 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 52 (11%)
  • Requires improvement 65 (14%)
  • Not yet rated 19 (4%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Langdale Nursing Home
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 2JS · Nursing home · 39 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Redclyffe House
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 2JX · Residential care home · 12 beds0.3 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Thalassa Nursing Home
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 2NF · Nursing home · 47 beds0.4 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Bury Lodge Nursing Home
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 3PR · Nursing home · 22 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Elizabethlodge
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 2EJ · Residential care home · 18 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Warnford Close
    Gosport, Hampshire · PO12 3RT · Residential care home · 12 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Northcott House Residential Care and Nursing Home in brief

An independent nursing home in Gosport, Hampshire, Northcott House Residential Care and Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 60 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Hampshire has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

64 other homes in Hampshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. About 0.3 km away, Langdale Nursing Home is rated Good. Northcott House Limited has run the home since February 2026, when it changed owner.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2023. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in August 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.