Fairfield Nursing Home

Fairfield Nursing Home in provides residential and nursing care for up to 30 older adults, including people living with dementia. Following concerns from relatives and staff, the CQC carried out a responsive inspection and rated the service inadequate overall, placing it in special measures. Inspectors found serious safety failings, including unsafe storage, faulty locks, poor infection control, and care plans that were generic, contradictory or lacked key details on medicines and risk.

Governance systems were not effective, and lessons from previous inspections had not been embedded into practice. Staff were generally described as kind and attentive, and recruitment and supervision were sound, but some relatives felt reluctant to raise concerns, believing previous issues had not been resolved.