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Fairmile Grange Care HomeBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Rated:Requires ImprovementNursing

Fairmile Grange Care Home

Royal Close, Christchurch, BH23 2UG

01202007569

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

26 October 2025

Provider

Allegra Fairmile Grange Limited

Beds

80 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 46 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 43 are rated higher by CQC, 3 are the same and none are lower.

7 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

Requires ImprovementApr 2018
GoodMar 2019
Requires ImprovementNov 2025

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 3 times since 2018.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Allegra Fairmile Grange Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the South West: £1,170 a week for residential care and £1,472 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Fairmile Grange Care Home

Fairmile Grange is an 80-bed nursing care home located on Royal Close in Christchurch, providing care for older people, younger adults, and those living with dementia. The home is operated by Allegra Fairmile Grange Limited and offers nursing-level support across its resident population. The most recent CQC inspection, conducted in November 2025, rated the home as Requiring Improvement.

The home's size and mixed resident profile means it supports people with varying care needs and conditions under one setting. As a nursing facility, it provides medical supervision and assistance with health-related care requirements beyond standard residential care. The Christchurch location places it within the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area of the South West region.

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 80 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BH23 2UG

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 3 November 2025. Assessment date recorded: 26 October 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 3 November 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 15 October 2025 – 24 October 2025
Fairmile Grange Care Home is registered to provide accommodation for people who require nursing or personal care. The service supported people living with dementia and autistic people. The service can accommodate up to 80 people. At the time of our inspection 66 people were living at the service.
At our previous inspection, we found the provider was in breach of the legal regulations in relation to safeguarding, safe care and treatment, and good governance. This inspection was targeted to check if the provider had made improvements in relation to safeguarding and safe care and treatment.In response to shortfalls previously identified, the provider produced an action plan outlining improvements they would make. The provider continued to engage with organisations, including CQC and the local authority.
We found the provider had made improvements. For example, incidents were investigated, and lessons were learnt to identify and embed good practice. Adverse events were reviewed and actioned by the management team and changes to people’s care plans communicated to all staff.
The ethos of the staff team was open and transparent. Staff demonstrated an improved understanding of providing people with person-centred care and spoke confidently about how people preferred their care and support to be given.
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the statutory guidance which supports CQC to make assessments and judgements about services providing support to people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. We considered this guidance as there were people using the service who have a learning disability and or who are autistic.

Safe: Good
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
Responsive: Requires Improvement
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Fairmile Grange Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Fairmile Grange Care Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Fairmile Grange Care Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Fairmile Grange Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees