Residential care home · Kent

Eastfield

76 Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, ME14 5HY

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 14 August 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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?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?75%Good
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    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 33 good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2018GoodSECRW
  • January 2016GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Kent

Eastfield 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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  • Invicta Court
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Aspen House
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  • Greenbanks Care Home
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About Eastfield

Eastfield is a 43-bed residential care home in Maidstone, Kent, run by Bureaucom Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.

286 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

In August 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from June 2018. The typical rating in Kent is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.