Care home · Fareham
Uplands House Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Uplands House Care Home- Address
- 61 Park Lane, Fareham, PO16 7HH
- Run by
- Coveberry Limited (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 24 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- CareTech Community Services
- Registered manager
- Sarah Cropley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1975 (51 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01208511)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-116702092
An overview of Uplands House Care Home
Uplands House Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Fareham, run by Coveberry Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 28 CQC-registered care homes in and around Fareham; 25 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Detailed scores
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Uplands House Care Home scores 73%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 22 June 2026, published 19 August 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Jun 2016
- Apr 2017
- Feb 2019
- Apr 2022
- Sep 2022
- Jan 2023
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 17 January 2023
- CQC inspection report 14 September 2022
- CQC inspection report 1 April 2022
- CQC inspection report 12 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 28 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 29 June 2016
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 12 February 2026 by Fareham. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Uplands House"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Uplands & Funtley
- Council
- Hampshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PO16 (18)
View on OpenStreetMap · Directions · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Local amenities
- Bus stop 240 m (3 min walk) · 17 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Fareham, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Spar, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Park Park Lane Recreation Ground, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Café The Makers House, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship United Reformed Church, 890 m (11 min walk)
- Library Fareham Library, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Track record
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 17 January 2023.
Costs to expect
We estimate Uplands House Care Home at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
Hampshire Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe69% score360 of 435 in Hampshire
- Effective71% score388 of 435 in Hampshire
- Caring75% score401 of 435 in Hampshire
- Responsive75% score383 of 435 in Hampshire
- Well-led75% score324 of 435 in Hampshire
Source: CQC, published 19 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Hampshire share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing, person centred care and good governance.
- However, medicines were not always stored, documented, and administered safely.
- The provider started taking action during the inspection to address the shortfalls.
- One person told us, “I wouldn’t change anything about the home.
Inspected 20 October 2022; report published 17 January 2023; supporting 22 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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 66 Park Lane, under 0.5 miles away.
2 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Uplands & Funtley ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% 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 shop (6 min), a park (7 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The registered provider
Uplands House Care Home is run by Coveberry Limited (company 01208511), incorporated in 1975, 35 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Coveberry Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Hampshire.
It trades under the CareTech Community Services brand, which covers 147 services run by 31 registered providers.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Reading Uplands House Care Home's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Uplands House Care Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 323 of the 434 other care homes in Hampshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 73% overall.
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Where Uplands House Care Home stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Hampshire, 85% of the 434 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 26 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 97% of care home ratings in Hampshire.
- With 24 beds it is smaller than 52% of care homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 84% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Hampshire lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Hampshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Uplands House Care Home
- Is Uplands House Care Home registered with CQC?
- Yes. Uplands House Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-116702092) and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- Where is Uplands House Care Home based?
- It is at 61 Park Lane, Fareham, PO16 7HH.
- What kind of care can Uplands House Care Home offer?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Uplands House Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How recent is Uplands House Care Home's CQC rating?
- 19 August 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Uplands House Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Which provider runs Uplands House Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Coveberry Limited.
- How big is Uplands House Care Home?
- Uplands House Care Home has 24 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How is Uplands House Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does care from Uplands House Care Home cost?
- Uplands House Care Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
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