SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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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
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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?71%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Run by The Disabilities Trust, Shinewater Court is a residential care home in Eastbourne, East Sussex with 39 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in East Sussex has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
In September 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its rating before that, in September 2019, was the same. The typical rating in East Sussex is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “listening to and involving people”.
In East Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 11 of The Disabilities Trust’s 13 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
