Residential care home · Lambeth

Thanet House

50 Barrow Road, Streatham, London, SW16 5PG

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

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 8 June 2026 Rated 4 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 5 below good
    • 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 enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessSome shortfalls
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 7 below good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2022GoodSECRW
  • June 2016GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Lambeth

Thanet House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 7 other homes in Lambeth. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (3%)
  • Good 20 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 3 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 8 (24%)
  • Not yet rated 1 (3%)

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About Thanet House

Thanet Healthcare Limited runs Thanet House, a residential care home in London, Lambeth with room for 6 residents. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 96% of homes in Lambeth also score 5. 7 other homes in Lambeth share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.5 km away, Vosse Court is rated Good.

In June 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in April 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Lambeth, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 26 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders”.