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What the CQC found at Kingston Care Home

Requires improvementpublished 1 September 2022, 4 years ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Requires improvement
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Requires improvement
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Requires improvement
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Requires improvement
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Requires improvement
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Kingston Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Kingston Care Home

3 rated inspections over 4 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. September 2022Requires improvementcurrent rating
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  2. June 2022Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  3. June 2021Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementResponsive: Inspected but not ratedWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. January 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  5. April 2018Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  6. April 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 April 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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Care at home

At least 100 live-in carers within about an hour of Kingston upon Thames

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £980 to £1,260 a week. 82 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Jolly S.
2 reviews
From £1,036 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 9 minutes from Kingston upon Thames. Can care for a couple
Aman A.
3 reviews
From £980 a week, 7 years caring
Based about 10 minutes from Kingston upon Thames. Can care for a couple
Angelique P.
2 reviews
From £1,225 a week, 10 years caring
Based about 11 minutes from Kingston upon Thames
Maggie G.
1 review
From £1,117 a week, 20 years caring
Based about 13 minutes from Kingston upon Thames. Can care for a couple
“Without his support we wouldn't have been able to navigate bringing and keeping Dad at home.”
Emma P., about Aman A.
“We cannot speak highly enough of the care that Angelique gave, and would recommend her to anyone else needing a live-in carer.”
Richard E., about Angelique P.
See live-in carers near Kingston upon ThamesProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.