Residential care home · Kent

Brightcare

20 Taylors Lane, St Mary's Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 0EU

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 8 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 11 November 2017 Rated 8 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • 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?Good

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 2016Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Kent

Brightcare is in the Good tier ?, with 286 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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Brightcare in brief

Brightcare is a 6-bed residential care home in Romney Marsh, 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.

Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 286 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Good”.

Its CQC rating, from November 2017, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in September 2016, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 45% of homes in Kent. Here is how rating age varies by council.