SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
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?75%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?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Ellwood Place Dementia Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 209 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ellwood Place Dementia Care Home is a 30-bed residential care home in Crawley, West Sussex, run by QH IP Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
2 of QH IP Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Deerswood Lodge (Outstanding), 1.2 km away. 209 other homes in West Sussex share its tier, “Good”.
In May 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from September 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in West Sussex, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “person-centred care”, one of 4 standards out of 33 scored below good.
