SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%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?0%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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 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. ?
British Home & Hospital for Incurables is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Lambeth.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in London, Lambeth, British Home & Hospital for Incurables is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 127 beds. Its CQC registration covers people with a physical disability. Most homes in Lambeth are smaller: the median there is 9 beds.
In Lambeth, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Uplands Care Home (Good), 0.6 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in August 2021, it was rated Good. Ratings in Lambeth are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “assessing needs” (some shortfalls).
