Residential care home · Kent

Newlands

4 Church Lane, Westbere, Canterbury, CT2 0HA

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 18 March 2022 Rated 4 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?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2020Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • March 2017OutstandingSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Kent

Newlands is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Other homes run by White Rose Care

3 care homes in total: 1 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Roselands
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Maylands
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    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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What the data says about Newlands

Newlands is a 19-bed residential care home in Canterbury, Kent, run by White Rose Care. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.

CQC's latest rating, from March 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in January 2020, was the same.

The nearest home with a higher rating is Footprints (Good), 2.6 km away. White Rose Care runs 3 care homes, and 1 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).