SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Beechcroft Care Home is one of 49 care homes in Lewisham: a 32-bed nursing home in London, run by Rajanikanth Selvanandan. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Lewisham has 9 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
36 other homes in Lewisham share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in August 2026. In Lewisham, 91% of homes score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Rajanikanth Selvanandan runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding.
Its CQC rating, from August 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in April 2020, was the same. Ratings in Lewisham are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 2 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (some shortfalls).
