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?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
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
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 30 good, 3 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. ?
The Fernes 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%).
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs The Fernes, a residential care home in Fareham, Hampshire with room for 52 residents. 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.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2025. 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. 175 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited’s 198 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2026. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. Caring was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in April 2020, was the same. The typical rating in Hampshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 3 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
