SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Lynfords is a 6-bed residential care home in Hailsham, East Sussex, run by Achieve Together Limited. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in East Sussex has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2023. Responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Safe, effective and caring were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in July 2019.
115 of Achieve Together Limited’s 138 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The Marshes, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2022. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex.
