InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: InadequateWell-led: InadequateRated 3 months ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since September 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?31%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?33%Inadequate
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?35%Inadequate
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSignificant shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?32%Inadequate
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Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Planning for the futureSignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 0 good, 33 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 Moorings Care Home is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 2 other homes in Isle of Wight.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Moorings Care Home is a 40-bed residential care home in Cowes, Isle of Wight, run by Pebblestones Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Isle of Wight are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
Old Charlton House Residential Home, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Pebblestones Limited has run the home since September 2025, when it changed owner. 3 of Pebblestones Limited’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Isle of Wight, 71% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from October 2025. In Isle of Wight, 82% of homes score 5.
CQC rated it Inadequate overall and in all five key questions in July 2026. Before that, in February 2020, it was rated Good. Ratings in Isle of Wight are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 33 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
