Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated this month↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?61%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
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: 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. ?
Larchwood Grove is a 10-bed residential care home in Gravesend, Kent, run by Gravesend Independent Living Services Limited. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Echo Square House, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring was rated Good. Before that, in January 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Kent are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
