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What the CQC found at Littlefair

Requires improvementpublished 18 January 2020, 6 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Requires improvement; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Good; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Requires improvement; Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Littlefair.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Littlefair

3 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

January 2020Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
June 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
September 2016Requires improvement
Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
September 2025
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 26 September 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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28 live-in carers within about an hour of West Sussex

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,020 to £1,170 a week. 23 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Evana K.

1 review

From £1,117 a week, 4 years caring

Based about 14 minutes from West Sussex. Can care for a couple

Yvonne T.

1 review

From £1,201 a week, 25 years caring

Based about 16 minutes from West Sussex. Can care for a couple

Ahkim S.

1 review

From £1,057 a week, 5 years caring

Based about 22 minutes from West Sussex. Can care for a couple

Andrea S.

2 reviews

From £1,120 a week, 10 years caring

Based about 25 minutes from West Sussex. Can care for a couple

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