Residential care home · Kent

St James House

53-55 Spital Street, Dartford, DA1 2DX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 3 September 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?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2019GoodSECRW
  • November 2016GoodSECRW
  • November 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Kent

St James House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • St James Mews
    Dartford, Kent · DA1 2ED · Residential care home · 9 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • West Hill Care Home
    Dartford, Kent · DA1 2GA · Nursing home · 77 beds0.3 km
    Inadequate S: InadequateE: GoodC: InadequateR: GoodW: Inadequate Rated 8 months ago
  • Shakti Lodge
    Dartford, Kent · DA1 3HR · Residential care home · 26 beds1.4 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago
  • The Willows Care Home
    Dartford, Kent · DA1 5LZ · Nursing home · 24 beds1.5 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Sonya Lodge Dementia Residential Care Home
    Dartford, Kent · DA2 7EG · Residential care home · 37 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • The Bridge Care Home
    Dartford, Kent · DA1 5FW · Residential care home · 71 beds2.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 months ago

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Other homes run by Liaise (London) Limited

9 care homes in total: 5 Good, 4 Requires improvement.

  • Park House
    London, Haringey · N4 4ED · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • Somerford Place
    London, Haringey · N17 0ND · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Willow Court
    Waltham Abbey, Essex · EN9 1BZ · Residential care home · 11 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Birchwood House
    London, Newham · E12 6RB · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Oakdene House
    Erith, Bexley · DA8 1EJ · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Crossbrook Court
    Cheshunt, Hertfordshire · EN8 8LU · Residential care home · 15 beds
    Requires improvement S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

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St James House at a glance

Liaise (London) Limited runs St James House, a residential care home in Dartford, Kent with room for 6 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people who use drugs or alcohol. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.

Its CQC rating, from September 2022, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in July 2019, it was rated Good.

About 1.8 km away, Sonya Lodge Dementia Residential Care Home is rated Good. Liaise (London) Limited runs 9 care homes, and 5 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. 90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”.