Care home · Newport
Vecta House
Illustrative photo, not of Vecta House- Address
- 24 Atkinson Drive, Newport, PO30 2LJ
- Run by
- Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (237 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 54 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- February 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Barchester Healthcare
- Registered manager
- Faye Elizabeth Ann Parker
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02849519)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Sep 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-125862918
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Vecta House is based in Newport, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (September 2026). It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Newport; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Vecta House scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- 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 treatment3 · Good
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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 24 July 2026, published 3 September 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Earlier inspections
- Nov 2015
- Jun 2017
- Oct 2018
- Mar 2019
- Apr 2020
- Sep 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 16 April 2020
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 31 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 14 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 16 November 2015
- Inspection report 21 December 2013
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 29 September 2025 by Isle of Wight. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Vecta House Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Fairlee & Whippingham
- Council
- Isle of Wight Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- NHS planning area
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PO30 (8)
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Close by
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 15 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Newport Health Centre, 1.2 km (14 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Shop Mace, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Park 370 m (5 min walk)
- Café Wheeler's Café, 950 m (12 min walk)
- Place of worship St Paul's, 560 m (7 min walk)
- Library Lord Louis Library, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Reading Vecta House's CQC ratings
Vecta House 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 38 of the 58 other care homes in Isle of Wight that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- This assessment was prompted due to the length of time since the previous inspection.
- The provider had systems in place to help keep people safe and protect them from avoidable harm.
- Staff understood people's needs well and worked with healthcare professionals and families to support people's health, wellbeing and independence.
- I’m quite happy.” Another person described the home as a place where they had “freedom and help when I want it.” Relatives spoke positively about staff and told us they felt reassured knowing their family members were receiving care and support that met their needs.
Inspected 9 March 2020; report published 16 April 2020. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score41 of 59 in Isle of Wight
- Effective75% score47 of 59 in Isle of Wight
- Caring75% score51 of 59 in Isle of Wight
- Responsive75% score47 of 59 in Isle of Wight
- Well-led75% score39 of 59 in Isle of Wight
Source: CQC, published 3 September 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Isle of Wight share it.
Vecta House over the years
Vecta House has been registered with CQC since February 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 16 April 2020.
Likely fees
We estimate Vecta House at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Isle of Wight Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The registered provider
Vecta House is run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (company 02849519), incorporated in 1993, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 237 CQC-registered services across 81 council areas; 175 of the 198 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (88%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Isle of Wight.
It trades under the Barchester Healthcare brand, which covers 237 services run by 1 registered provider.
Around Newport
There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 3 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Orchard House Care Centre, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 23 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Fairlee & Whippingham ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 50% most 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 (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
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Quick answers about Vecta House
- How did Vecta House score on each CQC key question?
- 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.
- What are Vecta House's fees?
- Vecta House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Who is the registered provider for Vecta House?
- CQC lists Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited as the provider responsible for Vecta House.
- How big is Vecta House?
- Vecta House is registered for up to 54 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- When was Vecta House last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 3 September 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Vecta House support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- What type of care does Vecta House provide?
- Vecta House is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is Vecta House a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-125862918 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in September 2026.
- Where is Vecta House?
- It is at 24 Atkinson Drive, Newport, PO30 2LJ.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.