Residential care home · Medway

Sinon House Therapeutic Unit

16 The Terrace, Rochester, ME1 1XN

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 4 February 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2019GoodSECRW
  • April 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • September 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • August 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Medway

Sinon House Therapeutic Unit is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 15 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

  • 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
  • Welcome House - Nickleby Lodge
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 1SD · Residential care home · 10 beds0.5 km
    Requires improvement S: InadequateE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago
  • Rochester House
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 3BU · Residential care home · 10 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Watts Healthcare Ltd
    Rochester, Medway · ME1 3BU · Residential care home · 32 beds0.7 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Acorn House Residential Home Limited
    Chatham, Medway · ME4 6DP · Residential care home · 28 beds1.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Lizbis Care Home
    Rochester, Medway · ME2 3DB · Residential care home · 19 beds1.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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Other homes run by Independence-Development Ltd

2 care homes in total: 2 Requires improvement.

  • Edwin Therapeutic Unit
    Gravesend, Kent · DA12 1EJ · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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Sinon House Therapeutic Unit in brief

Sinon House Therapeutic Unit is one of 65 care homes in Medway: a 4-bed residential care home in Rochester, run by Independence-Development Ltd. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with an eating disorder and children. It is a small home for Medway, where the median is 19 beds.

15 other homes in Medway share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Rochester House, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 0 of Independence-Development Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).

CQC's latest rating, from February 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in May 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.