Residential care home · Kent

Avenues South East - 492 Maidstone Road

Blue Bell Hill, Chatham, ME5 9QN

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 19 May 2020 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2017GoodSECRW
  • August 2015GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Kent

Avenues South East - 492 Maidstone Road is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Hallsfield Road
    Chatham, Kent · ME5 9RS · Residential care home · 5 beds0.9 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • 146 Lower Robin Hood Lane
    Chatham, Kent · ME5 9LB · Residential care home · 5 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Forge House
    Chatham, Kent · ME5 9LY · Residential care home · 6 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago
  • Insight Walderslade
    Chatham, Medway · ME5 9NP · Residential care home · 6 beds1.3 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • Aquarius Care Home
    Chatham, Medway · ME5 9SH · Residential care home · 20 beds1.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 10 months ago
  • PILS Care
    Chatham, Medway · ME5 8RU · Residential care home · 3 beds2.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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Other homes run by Avenues South East

8 care homes in total: 6 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Avenues South East - 25 Beacon Close
    Gillingham, Medway · ME8 9AP · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Avenues South East - 2a Higham Road
    Rochester, Medway · ME3 8BB · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Avenues South East - 320 Hempstead Road
    Gillingham, Medway · ME7 3QH · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • Avenues South East - 74 Wilson Avenue
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 2RL · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Avenues South East - 87 Westbrook Avenue
    Margate, Kent · CT9 5HB · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Smock Acre
    Canterbury, Kent · CT3 4LF · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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What the data says about Avenues South East - 492 Maidstone Road

Avenues South East - 492 Maidstone Road is a 4-bed residential care home in Chatham, Kent. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Kent, where the median is 24 beds.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in May 2020. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in September 2017, was Good, so the home has slipped. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 45% of ratings in Kent are as old (how rating age varies by council).

146 Lower Robin Hood Lane, 1.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 6 of Avenues South East’s 8 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).