SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
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?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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 32 good, 1 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. ?
Littlebourne House Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 286 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Littlebourne House Residential Care Home at a glance
Littlebourne House Residential Care Home is an independent 65-bed residential care home in Canterbury, Kent, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in September 2026. That matches its previous rating, from September 2019. The typical rating in Kent is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
