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Charing House

Canterbury Street, Gillingham, ME7 5AY

Requires improvementpublished 3 July 2025, 13 months ago

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

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on Charing House on 26 November 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of Charing House

5 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.

  1. November 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. June 2021Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. February 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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  4. November 2019Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. April 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  6. February 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  7. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. July 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  9. December 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  10. April 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  11. May 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 May 2011.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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