SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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. ?
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. ?
Dover Cottage Rest Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 30 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Dr Rais Ahmed Rajput, Dover Cottage Rest Home is a residential care home in Tamworth, Staffordshire with 21 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. 85% of homes in Staffordshire also score 5. In Staffordshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 3 of Dr Rais Ahmed Rajput’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC's latest rating, from August 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in February 2017, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Staffordshire, 51% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
