Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
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?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Rosemary Cottage is one of 485 care homes in Kent: a 6-bed residential care home in Ashford, run by Canterbury Oast Trust. Its CQC registration covers people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in December 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective and responsive were rated Good. Caring was rated Outstanding. Before that, in January 2018, it was rated Good.
In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 8 homes run by Canterbury Oast Trust. 7 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Ivy Cottage (Good), 0.0 km away.
