Residential care home · Medway

Rochester House

221 Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3BU

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 4 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 30 March 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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?Good

Earlier ratings ?

  • August 2018GoodSECRW
  • March 2016GoodSECRW
  • June 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Medway

Rochester House 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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Care homes nearby

  • Watts Healthcare Ltd
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 3BU · Residential care home · 32 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 1SD · Residential care home · 10 beds0.3 km
    Requires improvement S: InadequateE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago
  • Welcome House - The Chestnuts
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 1RX · Residential care home · 15 beds0.4 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated this month
  • Sinon House Therapeutic Unit
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 1XN · Residential care home · 4 beds0.7 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • St Williams
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 2PG · Residential care home · 2 beds1.3 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Rochester Care Home
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 2QT · Residential care home · 64 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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Other homes run by Achieve Together Limited

139 care homes in total: 7 Outstanding, 108 Good, 23 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Addington Road
    Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · NN9 5UT · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Hayway
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 6AG · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Highfields
    Swadlincote, Derbyshire · DE11 9AR · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 months ago
  • Irchester 168
    Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · NN29 7EW · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Rushden
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 6BB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • The Regard Partnership Limited - Restormel Terrace
    Plymouth · PL4 6BJ · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago

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Rochester House in brief

Rochester House is one of 65 care homes in Medway: a 10-bed residential care home in Rochester, run by Achieve Together Limited. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Medway has 19 beds, so this one is on the small side.

Across Medway, 72% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. 94% of homes in Medway also score 5. Achieve Together Limited runs 139 care homes, and 115 of the 138 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in March 2022. Its rating before that, in August 2018, was the same.