Residential care home · Southwark

The Elms

The Elms, 147 Barry Road, London, SE22 0JR

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago New owner since May 2025

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 6 December 2022 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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

The home changed owner in May 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

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 Southwark

The Elms is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 2 other homes in Southwark. 77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (8%)
  • Good 8 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 1 (8%)
  • Requires improvement 3 (23%)

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  • Aster House
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Other homes run by Mission Care Management

5 care homes in total: 3 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Elmwood
    Bromley · BR1 2EN · Nursing home · 70 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Greenhill
    Bromley · BR1 3SJ · Nursing home · 64 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Willett House
    Chislehurst, Bromley · BR7 6LT · Nursing home · 37 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Homefield
    Bromley · BR1 2EF · Nursing home · 42 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago

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About The Elms

The Elms is a 25-bed residential care home in London, Southwark, run by Mission Care Management. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.

In Southwark, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Mission Care Management runs 5 care homes, and 3 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. About 0.8 km away, Mundania is rated Good. Mission Care Management has run the home since May 2025, when it changed owner.

CQC's latest rating, from December 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner.