Hunters Lodge Care Home

39 Kiln Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7UQ

01329285257

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

23 October 2025

Provider

Hunters Lodge Care Homes Limited

Beds

44 beds

About Hunters Lodge Care Home

Hunters Lodge Care Home is a residential care home in Hampshire, providing personal care and support for people living there. Further details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Hunters Lodge Care Home provides personal care and support for people living in a care home setting. The CQC carried out a responsive assessment after concerns were raised about staff recognising when people became unwell and delays in getting medical advice, but overall the service was found to be good.

Inspectors found staff understood mental capacity principles and respected people's choices, with effective leadership and a supportive, learning-focused culture. People and relatives described staff as kind and caring, feeling safe, listened to and well looked after, with good food, activities and a positive experience of moving into the home.

Source: CQC assessment, 26 November 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder 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 without nursing
Registered capacity: 44 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · PO16 7UQ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions.

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: Good.

Assessment published 26 November 2025. Assessment date recorded: 23 October 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 26 November 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

We carried out a responsive assessment of Hunters Lodge care home between 24 October 2025 and 14 November 2025. At this assessment we looked at 17 quality statements across the safe, effective, caring and well-led key questions. This inspection was in response to concerns received about staff failing to recognise when people became unwell and delays in obtaining medical advise when people’s health needs had changed.
Staff understood and followed the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and were aware of people's rights to refuse care. The management team and staff worked to ensure that people's choices and wishes were respected.
The governance of the service was effective. This meant people received safe and high-quality care. Leaders and staff had a shared vision and culture based on learning and trust. Leaders were visible, knowledgeable and supportive, helping staff develop in their roles. Staff felt supported to give feedback and told us they were treated equally. The service worked with the local community to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for people.

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

Read Hunters Lodge 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 Hunters Lodge 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 Hunters Lodge 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 Hunters Lodge 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