Cornfields

Reading Cornfields's CQC ratings

Cornfields has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 323 of the 434 other care homes in Hampshire that CQC has rated.

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Cornview, under 0.5 miles away.

23 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Winklebury & Manydown ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (8 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Costs to expect

We estimate Cornfields at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.

With savings below £23,250, Hampshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.

The registered provider

Cornfields is run by Liaise (south) Limited (company 03044911), incorporated in 1995, 15 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Liaise (South) Limited runs 13 CQC-registered services; 10 of the 12 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 13 are in Hampshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

It trades under the Liaise brand, which covers 35 services run by 4 registered providers.

Track record

CQC registration dates from February 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2018), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

It has gone 8 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.

5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 24 April 2018.