SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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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?50%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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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?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 25 good, 8 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Arlington House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Brighton and Hove.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Montesano Care Ltd runs Arlington House, a residential care home in Hove, Brighton and Hove with room for 33 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Brighton and Hove has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Marine View Rest Home, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 6 other homes in Brighton and Hove share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 92% of homes in Brighton and Hove also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in January 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Brighton and Hove, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 8 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
