SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Alexander Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 6 other homes in Lewisham.
96% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by HC-One Limited, Alexander Care Centre is a nursing home in London, Lewisham with 78 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Lewisham are smaller: the median there is 9 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2025. 91% of homes in Lewisham also score 5. In Lewisham, 96% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 66 homes run by HC-One Limited. 54 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2021, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in April 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Lewisham, 63% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
