SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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
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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?75%Good
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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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 30 good, 3 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. ?
Ashington House is a 6-bed residential care home in Worcester Park, Kingston upon Thames. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Kingston upon Thames, where the median is 33 beds.
Its CQC rating, from May 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in May 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Kingston upon Thames, where the typical rating is about 2 years old. 3 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2024. That is true of 82% of homes in Kingston upon Thames. In Kingston upon Thames, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Devonshire Dementia Care Home (Outstanding), 0.9 km away.
