SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Assessing needsExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 exceptional. 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. ?
Sea Breeze is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 29 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Sea Breeze is one of 456 care homes in Hampshire: a 8-bed residential care home in Hayling Island, run by Dolphin Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Hampshire has 25 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2019. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Dolphin Homes Limited runs 13 care homes, and all 13 rated are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. Its rating before that, in August 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Hampshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 8 exceptional and the rest good.
