InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?38%Inadequate
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?39%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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. ?
Orchard House Care Centre is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 2 other homes in Isle of Wight.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited, Orchard House Care Centre is a nursing home in Newport, Isle of Wight with 60 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Isle of Wight has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe and effective as well. Caring, responsive and well-led were rated Requires improvement. That is down from Good in July 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Isle of Wight, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “kindness, compassion and dignity”, one of 33 standards out of 33 scored below good.
In Isle of Wight, 71% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Isle of Wight. Vecta House, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 210 homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. 175 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
