SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%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 individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Tower Bridge Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 2 other homes in Southwark.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Agincare (Southwark) Limited runs Tower Bridge Care Centre, a nursing home in London, Southwark with room for 126 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Southwark, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from July 2023. Ratings in Southwark are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 15 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in June 2026. 86% of homes in Southwark score the top mark of 5. Across Southwark, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The home changed owner in October 2024. 7 of Agincare (Southwark) Limited’s 12 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Dunton Road (Good), 0.7 km away.
