SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome 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: 13 good, 20 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Sobell Lodge - Care Home Physical Disabilities is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
About Sobell Lodge - Care Home Physical Disabilities
Run by Leonard Cheshire Disability, Sobell Lodge - Care Home Physical Disabilities is a residential care home in Staplehurst, Kent with 21 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.
It is one of 34 homes run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. 19 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is 1 & 2 Hedgerows (Good), 0.5 km away. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in February 2026. In Kent, 90% of homes score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Good. Before that, in April 2019, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Kent, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “involving people to manage risks”, one of 20 standards out of 33 scored below good.
