SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Aquarius Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 15 other homes in Medway.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Aquarius Care Home is a 20-bed residential care home in Chatham, Medway, run by Radha Krishna Healthcare Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2025. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in March 2023, was the same. The typical rating in Medway is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
146 Lower Robin Hood Lane, 1.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In Medway, 72% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Medway.
