SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
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?61%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Copper Beeches is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 7 other homes in Medway.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Copper Beeches is an independent 36-bed nursing home in Rochester, Medway, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Medway are smaller: the median there is 19 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Medway, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Medway, 72% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The home changed owner in April 2025.
