InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: InadequateRated 2 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?33%Inadequate
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?50%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 1 good, 32 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 Crownwood Healthcare (Temple Ewell) Limited, Temple Ewell Nursing Home is a nursing home in Dover, Kent with 44 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Inadequate overall. It was Inadequate for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. That is down from Good in December 2018. The typical rating in Kent is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 32 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Ivy Bank Residential Care Home (Requires improvement), 0.0 km away. 7 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Inadequate”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent.
