Residential care home · Medway

Platters Farm Lodge

Highfield Road, Gillingham, ME8 0EQ

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 10 months ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 18 December 2025 Rated 10 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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: 33 good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2021GoodSECRW
  • November 2020GoodSECRW
  • November 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • June 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2018Requires improvementSECRW
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  • January 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2015GoodSECRW

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

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Medway

Platters Farm Lodge is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Medway. 72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 34 (52%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 8 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 16 (25%)
  • Inadequate 1 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 5 (8%)

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Other homes run by Strode Park Foundation For People With Disabilities

5 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 4 Good.

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Platters Farm Lodge in brief

Strode Park Foundation For People With Disabilities runs Platters Farm Lodge, a residential care home in Gillingham, Medway with room for 43 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Medway, where the typical home has 19 beds.

33 other homes in Medway share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 94% of homes in Medway also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 5 of Strode Park Foundation For People With Disabilities’s 5 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).

In December 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2021. Ratings in Medway are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.