Nursing home · Brighton and Hove

Grove Park

2 The Linkway, Brighton, BN1 7EJ

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 27 June 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?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • 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: 31 good, 2 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2023GoodSECRW
  • September 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2022Inspected, no new rating

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Brighton and Hove

Grove Park is in the Good tier ?, with 56 other homes in Brighton and Hove. 92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 4 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 57 (67%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 14 (16%)
  • Requires improvement 7 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (2%)

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Grove Park at a glance

Grove Park is an independent 80-bed nursing home in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment, people who use drugs or alcohol and people detained under the Mental Health Act. That is larger than most homes in Brighton and Hove, where the typical home has 22 beds.

Its CQC rating, from June 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its previous rating, in April 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Brighton and Hove is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “person-centred care”.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Brighton and Hove. In Brighton and Hove, 92% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.