SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 1 exceptional, 6 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. ?
Little Sisters of the Poor - St Peters Residence is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Lambeth.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Little Sisters of the Poor - St Peters Residence
Little Sisters of the Poor - St Peters Residence is an independent 56-bed nursing home in London, Lambeth, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Lambeth, where the typical home has 9 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from April 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in Lambeth, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
7 other homes in Lambeth share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 96% of homes in Lambeth. Little Sisters of the Poor runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 1.2 km away, Garside House Nursing Home is rated Good.
