GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 8 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since February 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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 home changed owner in February 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. ?
Wells Lodge Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Wells Lodge Nursing Home is one of 485 care homes in Kent: a 22-bed nursing home in Folkestone, run by Merryhill Care Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder.
It is one of 2 homes run by Merryhill Care Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Merryhill Care Limited has run the home since February 2025, when it changed owner.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2018. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in April 2017, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 45% of homes in Kent. Here is how rating age varies by council.
