SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Winchester House 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%).
Run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited, Winchester House is a nursing home in Rochester, Kent with 123 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2021. It was Good for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 45% of ratings in Kent are as old (how rating age varies by council).
None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 210 homes run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. 175 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. 43 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
