SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?65%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Westacre Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 64 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Westacre Nursing Home is one of 456 care homes in Hampshire: a 55-bed nursing home in Winchester, run by Nursing Homes Services Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Hampshire are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from April 2021. The typical rating in Hampshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Hampshire. In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.7 km away, Kirtling House is rated Good.
