England

Solent LodgeHampshire

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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Solent Lodge

105 Stubbington Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 2PG

01329662038

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

11 February 2025

Provider

Howlett Homes Limited

Beds

4 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementMar 2017
GoodJan 2018
Requires ImprovementMay 2025

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 3 times since 2017.

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 Howlett Homes Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the South East: £1,243 a week for residential care and £1,579 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

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 Solent Lodge

Solent Lodge is a residential care home in Hampshire providing support for people with a learning disability and autistic people. Details of the most recent CQC assessment of the service are set out below.

Solent Lodge provides care and support for people with a learning disability and autistic people. The home was assessed following concerns about governance and oversight, and the CQC found breaches relating to safe care and treatment, staffing, and management oversight. Risks were not always properly assessed, staff lacked sufficient training and supervision, and medicines were not always managed safely.

Inspectors also found restrictions on people were not always shown to be proportionate. Despite this, most feedback from people and relatives was positive, describing kind staff and noticeable improvements in wellbeing. The provider was open to feedback and had begun addressing the shortfalls identified.

Source: CQC assessment, 21 May 2025

Specialist Care

Learning disabilitiesOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 4 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · PO14 2PG

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Learning disabilities; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

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 21 May 2025. Assessment date recorded: 11 February 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 21 May 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 20 February to 11 April 2025.
We carried out this assessment following concerns about governance and oversight. At this assessment we found breaches of regulations relating to safe care and treatment, staffing, and governance.
We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. We found the service was not always supporting people with a learning disability in line with this statutory guidance.
We could not be assured restrictions imposed were always proportionate or the least restrictive option to reduce risk. Risks to people were not always assessed and reduced. Staff did not receive training and supervision to support them to effectively fulfil their roles. Medicines were not managed safely. Systems and processes were not in place to assess, monitor and improve care, or ensure compliance with the regulations. However, the provider was responsive and open to feedback and began to take action to address shortfalls. The home appeared clean and we observed mostly positive interactions between people and staff.
We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
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 Solent Lodge'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 Solent Lodge, consider asking...

1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Solent Lodge, look out for...

1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Solent Lodge'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