SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?28%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 5 good, 28 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. ?
Winfrith House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 64 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hampshire Care Limited runs Winfrith House, a residential care home in Southampton, Hampshire with room for 2 residents. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Hampshire, where the median is 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in January 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe was rated Inadequate. For caring, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from June 2023. Ratings in Hampshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 28 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2022. That is true of 84% of homes in Hampshire. Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The nearest home with a higher rating is St Johns Nursing Home (Good), 1.0 km away. It is one of 2 homes run by Hampshire Care Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
