SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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: 27 good, 6 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. ?
Tamehaven Limited runs Poplars Care Centre, a nursing home in Maidstone, Kent with room for 71 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people who use drugs or alcohol. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 286 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Good”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5.
In August 2024, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in May 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Kent, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
