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. ?
Westholme Clinic Limited is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 31 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Westholme Clinic Limited is an independent 55-bed nursing home in Worthing, West Sussex, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in West Sussex has 27 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
31 other homes in West Sussex share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in August 2026. In West Sussex, 92% of homes score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Heaton House Residential Care Home (Outstanding), 1.3 km away.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from March 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In West Sussex, 32% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
