Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from Good
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
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. ?
The Cherries is a 6-bed residential care home in Folkestone, Kent, run by Lothlorien Community Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2022. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in August 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.
Lothlorien Community Limited runs 7 care homes, and 6 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. Maple House, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
