SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
Fethneys Living Options - Care Home Physical Disabilities is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 47 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Fethneys Living Options - Care Home Physical Disabilities
Fethneys Living Options - Care Home Physical Disabilities is one of 333 care homes in West Sussex: a 10-bed residential care home in Worthing, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for West Sussex, where the median is 27 beds.
CQC last rated the home in July 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. Safe, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its rating before that, in November 2023, was the same. Ratings in West Sussex are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
In West Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. It is one of 34 homes run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. 19 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. White Pearl Residential Care, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
