SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%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
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome 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?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Meadow View Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Meadow View Residential Care Home
Meadow View Residential Care Home is a 60-bed residential care home in Canterbury, Kent, run by Sanctuary Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective and caring were rated Good. Before that, in August 2023, 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, 17 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
Sanctuary Care Limited runs 84 care homes, and 79 of the 83 rated are Good or Outstanding. Hamilton's Residential Home, 2.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. 90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
