SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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 Limes is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 51 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Limes is one of 456 care homes in Hampshire: a 5-bed residential care home in Basingstoke, run by B.L.I.S.S. Residential Care Ltd. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2021. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in January 2019, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 46% of homes in Hampshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Sansa House (Outstanding), 1.2 km away. B.L.I.S.S. Residential Care Ltd runs 2 care homes, and all 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
