SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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: 30 good, 3 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. ?
Pentlands Nursing Home is one of 333 care homes in West Sussex: a 32-bed nursing home in Worthing, run by South Coast Nursing Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and younger adults.
Across West Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 92% of homes in West Sussex also score 5. 9 of South Coast Nursing Homes Limited’s 9 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Heaton House Residential Care Home (Outstanding), 0.1 km away.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in September 2026. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in April 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in West Sussex, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 3 standards out of 33 scored below good.
