Residential care home · Kent

Wellington House

371 Dover Road, Walmer, Deal, CT14 7NZ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 1 March 2022 Rated 4 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?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2020GoodSECRW
  • September 2017GoodSECRW
  • September 2016Requires improvementSECRW

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 Kent

Wellington House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Bradfield Residential Home
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7PW · Residential care home · 37 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Generals Meadow
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7PY · Residential care home · 19 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Meadowside
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7NW · Residential care home · 10 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • St Anselm's Nursing Home
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7QB · Nursing home · 26 beds0.6 km
    Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: Requires improvementR: GoodW: Inadequate Rated 6 months ago
  • 12 Channel Lea
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7UG · Residential care home · 3 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • Ami Group - The Knoll Unit and Ami Court Unit
    Deal, Kent · CT14 7NB · Nursing home · 67 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago

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Other homes run by Voyage 1 Limited

241 care homes in total: 12 Outstanding, 205 Good, 21 Requires improvement, 3 Not yet rated.

  • 1 Sheringham Avenue
    London, Enfield · N14 4UB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 5 months ago
  • 23 Cecil Road
    Dronfield, Derbyshire · S18 2GW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated this month
  • 4 Pages Orchard
    Reading, Oxfordshire · RG4 9LW · Residential care home · 3 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Bewick House
    Darlington · DL1 3HW · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Broadview
    Fareham, Hampshire · PO16 7UB · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
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    Scarborough, North Yorkshire · YO12 4RB · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago

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About Wellington House

Wellington House is a 10-bed residential care home in Deal, Kent, run by Voyage 1 Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.

In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 217 of Voyage 1 Limited’s 238 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.4 km away, Bradfield Residential Home is rated Good.

CQC's latest rating, from March 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, caring and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in December 2020.