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
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Woodside Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Woodside Residential Care Home
Charing Way Limited runs Woodside Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Dover, Kent with room for 40 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2025, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That matches its previous rating, from February 2023. Ratings in Kent are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in March 2026. 90% of homes in Kent score the top mark of 5. Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.4 km away, Riverlea House is rated Good.
