Residential care home · Medway

Admiralty Care Home

Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NX

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 1 August 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 33 good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2023Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2022InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • August 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • December 2016Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • January 2016Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Medway

Admiralty Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Medway. 72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 34 (52%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 8 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 16 (25%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 5 (8%)

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Admiralty Care Home in brief

An independent residential care home in Gillingham, Medway, Admiralty Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 55 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Medway are smaller: the median there is 19 beds.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 94% of homes in Medway also score 5. 33 other homes in Medway share its tier, “Good”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

In August 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in August 2023. Ratings in Medway are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.