SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Harmonia Care Village Limited runs Harmonia Village, a nursing home in Dover, Kent with room for 36 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Kent are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is White Cliffs Lodge (Good), 0.2 km away.
CQC last rated the home in July 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The typical rating in Kent is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “infection prevention and control” (significant shortfalls).
