Nursing home · Herefordshire, County of

Kington Court Nursing Home

Victoria Road, Kington, HR5 3BX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 7 August 2021 Rated 5 years ago ?
  • 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. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • November 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Herefordshire, County of

Kington Court Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 11 other homes in Herefordshire, County of. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 6 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 57 (67%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 4 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 12 (14%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

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Care homes nearby

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  • Montfort Fields
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Lynhales Hall Nursing Home
    Kington, Herefordshire, County of · HR5 3LN · Nursing home · 73 beds2.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • The Old Vicarage
    Near Leominster, Herefordshire, County of · HR6 9UW · Residential care home · 16 beds16.7 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Ashfield House Residential Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Buckfield House
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago

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Other homes run by Rotherwood Healthcare (Lynhales Hall) Limited

2 care homes in total: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Lynhales Hall Nursing Home
    Kington, Herefordshire, County of · HR5 3LN · Nursing home · 73 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago

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What the data says about Kington Court Nursing Home

Run by Rotherwood Healthcare (Lynhales Hall) Limited, Kington Court Nursing Home is a nursing home in Kington, Herefordshire, County of with 48 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Herefordshire, County of has 21 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2021. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That matches its previous rating, from November 2019. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Herefordshire, County of, 49% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).

About 0.5 km away, The Garth Care Home with Nursing is rated Good. 1 of Rotherwood Healthcare (Lynhales Hall) Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 11 other homes in Herefordshire, County of share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Herefordshire, County of.