Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 9 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
The Lawn Residential 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%).
What the data says about The Lawn Residential Care Home
Friends of the Elderly runs The Lawn Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Alton, Hampshire with room for 31 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in January 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in March 2023, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Hampshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 5 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Hampshire. Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Friends of the Elderly runs 7 care homes, and 5 of the 6 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 0.3 km away, Ashdale is rated Good.
