Nursing home · Suffolk

Chantry House Residential and Nursing Home

Chantry House, Chantry Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1DJ

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good Rated 3 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 4 November 2022 Rated 3 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?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2018Requires improvementSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Suffolk

Chantry House Residential and Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Suffolk. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (12%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 6 (3%)
  • Good 92 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (11%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (16%)
  • Inadequate 3 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Pear Tree Lodge Residential Home
    Saxmundham, Suffolk · IP17 1UQ · Residential care home · 41 beds5.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Norwood House
    Saxmundham, Suffolk · IP17 3JZ · Residential care home · 71 beds5.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Aldringham Court
    Leiston, Suffolk · IP16 4QF · Nursing home · 45 beds6.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Leiston Old Abbey Residential Home
    Leiston, Suffolk · IP16 4RF · Residential care home · 40 beds6.5 km
    Inadequate S: InadequateE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Inadequate Rated 4 months ago
  • Allonsfield House
    Woodbridge, Suffolk · IP13 0PX · Nursing home · 53 beds8.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Garrett House Residential Home Limited
    Aldeburgh, Suffolk · IP15 5EN · Residential care home · 45 beds9.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Cathena Healthcare Limited

4 care homes in total: 4 Good.

  • Quenby Rest Home
    Colchester, Essex · CO7 8JH · Residential care home · 26 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Wickham House
    Woodbridge, Suffolk · IP13 0SG · Nursing home · 34 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Oakwood House Residential and Nursing Home
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP5 2GD · Nursing home · 25 beds
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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Chantry House Residential and Nursing Home in brief

Run by Cathena Healthcare Limited, Chantry House Residential and Nursing Home is a nursing home in Saxmundham, Suffolk with 24 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.

19 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from May 2026. In Suffolk, 92% of homes score 5. Cathena Healthcare Limited runs 4 care homes, and all 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC last rated the home in November 2022, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. Responsive was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in May 2019, it was rated Requires improvement.