SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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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
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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?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?50%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Keychange Charity Romans Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 31 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Keychange Charity Romans Care Home is a 30-bed residential care home in Southwick, West Sussex. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.
CQC last rated the home in April 2024, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from August 2017. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “learning, improvement and innovation” (some shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in West Sussex. 31 other homes in West Sussex share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 7 homes run by Keychange Charity. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
