Nursing home · East Sussex

Mortain Place Care Home

93 Pevensey Bay Road, Eastbourne, BN23 6JF

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 6 April 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2021GoodSECRW

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How it compares in East Sussex

Mortain Place Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex. 85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 10 (4%)
  • Good 168 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 48 (17%)
  • Requires improvement 42 (15%)
  • Not yet rated 8 (3%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Maris View
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN23 6DW · Residential care home · 66 beds0.7 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Jemini Response Limited - 41 Jerome Close
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN23 7QY · Residential care home · 4 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Jemini Response Limited - 17 Jerome Close
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN23 7QY · Residential care home · 3 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Queen Alexandra Cottage Homes
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN23 6NE · Nursing home · 28 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Greensleeves
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN23 8AP · Residential care home · 11 beds1.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 month ago
  • Ashley Gardens
    Eastbourne, East Sussex · BN22 8RA · Residential care home · 47 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago

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Other homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited

210 care homes in total: 10 Outstanding, 165 Good, 21 Requires improvement, 2 Inadequate, 12 Not yet rated.

  • Badgeworth Court Care Centre
    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · GL51 4UL · Nursing home · 65 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 4 years ago
  • Briardene Care Home
    Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees · TS23 1DA · Nursing home · 34 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Harton Grange
    South Shields, South Tyneside · NE34 0LZ · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Lucerne House
    Exeter, Devon · EX2 8TU · Nursing home · 74 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Oxford Beaumont
    Oxford, Oxfordshire · OX1 5DF · Nursing home · 45 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 3 months ago
  • Prestbury Beaumont
    Prestbury, Cheshire East · SK10 4AP · Nursing home · 28 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated this month

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About Mortain Place Care Home

Mortain Place Care Home is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 80-bed nursing home in Eastbourne, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in East Sussex are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.

175 of Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited’s 198 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Jemini Response Limited - 41 Jerome Close (Good), 0.8 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. 90% of homes in East Sussex also score 5. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.

CQC's latest rating, from April 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in August 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.