Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Herne Place Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Herne Place Care Home is one of 485 care homes in Kent: a 66-bed residential care home in Herne Bay, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 210 homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. 175 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.6 km away, Orchard House is rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in November 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.
