SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 8 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. ?
Seaview Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Seaview Nursing Home is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 91-bed nursing home in St Leonards On Sea, run by St Dominic's Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in East Sussex has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 4 homes run by St Dominic's Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. 47 other homes in East Sussex share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2026. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in January 2023. The typical rating in East Sussex is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “infection prevention and control”, one of 8 standards out of 33 scored below good.
