SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
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?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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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
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome 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: 9 good, 24 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Seventrees Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 64 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Sandbourne House Ltd, Seventrees Care Home is a residential care home in Southampton, Hampshire with 8 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Hampshire, where the median is 25 beds.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Dryad Spinney (Good), 1.7 km away. Sandbourne House Ltd runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. Sandbourne House Ltd has run the home since September 2024, when it changed owner. 64 other homes in Hampshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Good. Before that, in July 2019, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Hampshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 24 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (significant shortfalls).
